Comments on: Update: AIG Vacation Defended, U.S. Gives AIG Another $38 Billion

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:04:45 +0000

And same goes for politicians and all others who find themselves in a position of power.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:04:00 +0000

Indeed – Consumers need to take power into their own hands. Don’t do business with AIG, and don’t do business with companies that do business with AIG.

Companies need to be help to higher standards – and consumers have the power to teach them this valuable lesson.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:40:34 +0000

this is a disgrace,they just need to let them crumble

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:24:47 +0000

Well said Jacqueline.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:40:16 +0000

BUT when the watchdogs like Paulson and these CEO’s are just old frat brothers from college then there are no rules on free beer/champagne/golf money. I don’t care who voted for the bailout, I’m voting for their opponent on the next go around. Period. I don’t want them anymore. Politics is all a contest between Yale and Harvard. All of it. The only one’s who lose are us.

By: Jacqueline Calderone

Jacqueline Calderone — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:35:43 +0000

Accountability and responsibility for decisions is required by so many during this crisis. The first people to turn to should be the individual AIG executives who took this vacation. If I was in their position, I would hope that it would be impossible for me to enjoy a massage or golf during this time. I would hope that my thoughts would turn to some of the loans and mortgages that I persoally involved myself in and how that is causing not only “crisis” but people to lose their homes all over America. I would hope that some of the faces that I worked with would come into my head and cause to realize that a vacation is not what i need or deserve right now. I would hope that I would have enough conscience and sense of personal responsibility to refuse such a trip, and instead use the time to figure out what went wrong. To ask myself, “why is my job causing crisis and homelessness.” These executives should be busy looking at what they have done wrong, which loans were inappropriate and irresponsible. They should be working hard to correct what they have created. They should not be on vacation. First and foremost, their own conscience, family, and children should hold them accountable for what has happened. Second, the CEOs, their bosses should hold them accountable. Third, every American and American News should hold them accountable to demand from them reasons for this crisis and how to get out of it. Fourth, the American government should hold them accountable. I am a medical student from New York, and I want to understand. I want to understand what these executives are thinking and I want each and everyone of them to explain. I further want to challenge them to access the beautiful parts of being human and to gain the courage to take responsibility for their actions. I am not here to blame them. I am here to reflect to them how disturbing their actions are to the whole world. I am here to challenge them to reflect on their decisions and to what is right, compassionate, and honest. I still believe that they have it in them.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:37:31 +0000

Things like this make me wonder how long it will be until the American Government is overthrown?

This is ridiculous….AIG needs an additional 38 billion but it spends $440,000 on a get away?? GET REAL AIG…..it makes me want to say “FUCK YOU BUDDY!” to them.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:34:43 +0000

Hopefully, everyone who does have AIG as their insurance providers will see this and move to another provider. These people are clearly idiots when it comes to managing money and the sad thing is, is that the US government is just as stupid! AIG should already be out of business as it is, if everyone drops them and doesn’t use them….then they’ll have to go away…unless the Govt. decides to hand out more money….where the hell is our money???? We didn’t mess up-they did so why aren’t we rewarded?????

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:21:19 +0000

I have no words for the anger I felt when I heard about the additional 38 billion on the news this morning. Why is the gov’t rewarding AIG for being scum? And on top of this, both the Senate and Congress are on vacation right now, and wont be back in session until after the election. This, too, is unacceptable. This country is in meltdown mode, and the Legislative Branch is on vacation….

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:21:53 +0000

The Bush family has a history of trying to further their personal economic agendas through an exercise of political power. Bush is a disgrace to his country, and I hope that with new leadership, whatever that may be, will try to set things right and have the interests of the American people at heart. It is shameful what is going on – these banks should be allowed to crumble because they are dinosaurs from a time before transparency and accountability.