Greedy. Manipulative. Stinking. Money grabbers.

The people who were “due” a bonus are the very ones who got the world economy into the mess. You indicating that they should get the bonus is not what any proper business man would do if it was his own company.

Instead you would fire the shit out of the people that created the mess, not reward them. If anything - the people (traders, directors etc) working at the major corporations have done EXACTLY what those 2 idiots who made a video about Dominos have done.

They have destroyed public confidence in their respective company’s brands.

Will the same outcome come to ECONOMY WRECKERS as have come to “I just farted on a bit of pepperoni” people?

No.

Why?

Because people like you write crap like this and talk to others in a similar vein, who make sure congress don’t punish people for their mistakes when they have such wide ranging implications.

@Timothy:
Do you own a company? If so - At what point would you actually fire someone? From what you are saying - you’d give someone a bonus for financially crippling your company and continue to pay them in the HOPE they can revive what they have just crushed.

I am glad I do not work for you - you’d reward the wrong people.

I’m even more surprised to read that the New York published something worth reading.

Reward or incentive…I’m not sure that it really matters, because in the end they are going to be spending that money the same way.

As another person said, let them have their money while we stop letting it consume our thoughts and energy. We all just need to stay focused on “creating” our own bonuses and staying creative and productive in this unprecedented space in history.

Thanks for posting this!!

The bonuses are a good thing. They are an incentive. For the workers to stay at AIG. AIG needs to keep their employees in order to clean up the mess they created.

First off, the bonuses are in the employee contracts. If the gov’t steps in and prevents the bonuses then the real value of a contract will diminish. Not just in AIG. Businesses will lose hope. And the economy will worsen.

Secondly, the employees are receiving death threats and can easily go elsewhere. Recruiters are picking them up like crazy. And if AIG loses their workers, who would want to start there? Nobody wants to get on a sinking boat.

You can argue whether or not the gov’t should have bailed them out in the first place. But since they did, then taking away the bonuses will just cause AIG to fail, which is the opposite of what all this money is spent trying to do.

If you argue and bicker over this, demanding justice, then you do not have a real understanding of the situation. Read up on it before you jump to conclusions. Take an economics class while you’re at it.

For more (better) information search the NYTimes website for “The Case for Paying Out Bonuses at A.I.G.” I tried posting a link but I think this comment system blocks that.

You know, in any case when the gov’t steps in and creates policies all productivity in the private sector (businesses) is slowed. The gov’t is bad for business. This is a perfect example. What scares me is that Obama will likely put in place (just like most democrats) business restrictions and regulations. That won’t help things. That will make recovery take longer. Businesses do the best when regulations are at a minimum. The market is everything.