tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post8702304243608973328..comments2023-12-25T10:47:28.707-05:00Comments on Work of the Poet: A Ridiculous Planmaryt/theteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516961981692076719noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-81206261404640167192009-03-21T21:17:00.000-04:002009-03-21T21:17:00.000-04:00Mary, this is the smartest take I've seen on AIG d...Mary, this is the smartest take I've seen on AIG debacle. It's so painful to watch the mess getting bigger and more out of control. Keeping a level head right now is definitely the antidote.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279321527653500244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-65782970662700670302009-03-21T15:52:00.000-04:002009-03-21T15:52:00.000-04:00teach, you sweetheart you, how is it that you can ...teach, you sweetheart you, how is it that you can come up with exactly what has been on my mind incesstantly for weeks....first of all i am so mad at dick cheney...no real reason, i just kind of like to be mad at hm and his big mouth recently..he is one to talk, not to the crux of MY problem....we have million dollar, and multi million dollar basketball players who get paid....and if their team loses they get endorsments, and a player like boozer says if i can get a bonus, i will go from one losing team to another....we don't take his money back, and i grant that maybe you can't call his money taxpayer money, but it is money...now i am against anybody who makes more money than me, but that is the way it is and has been and will be....i can just see the lawyer's fees to litigate all this....the principle is what the american people are saying and i guess crooks, but then again isn't boozer a crook also...he plays bb for utar but he doesn't really carePutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-86566454512122115592009-03-21T13:19:00.000-04:002009-03-21T13:19:00.000-04:00I find it far more annoying that the Republicans a...I find it far more annoying that the Republicans are whining about how slowly this fix is going and how the President should stay home and do what he's paid to do rather than visit LA ... well, I wonder then how those same Republicans felt about W and his trips to Crawford to clear brush while he was being paid to work? You Republicans remember him, he who took more vacations than any other sitting President in the history of this country, the same man who thought clearing brush one August was more important than attending a briefing about a memo citing BenLaden's plans to use airliners to attack our cities.. the same man whose lack to ability to focus allowed his VP to pretty much do whatever he wanted while ignoring the outcries of the citizens .. <BR/><BR/>These are the same whiners who let this mess get to where it is now ... well I say to them STFU .. or find a better way to fix this.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-86895722974884363852009-03-21T12:15:00.000-04:002009-03-21T12:15:00.000-04:00I was wondering about this myself. An additional t...I was wondering about this myself. An additional tax of some kind might not be a bad idea but the way this is being passed bothers me and I imagine that in this economy some of those people might not even have that money anymore. I guess it's the flavor of revenge that bothers me most. It feels like mob rule.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06984777868047304830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-41906963777339408192009-03-21T08:30:00.000-04:002009-03-21T08:30:00.000-04:00I would love to see a rogues galler of the people ...I would love to see a rogues galler of the people who accepted those bonuses. The Puritan in me says they should be publicly humiliated.<BR/><BR/>There is the rule of law, and there is ethical behavior. It's a subtlety that can't be legislated. On either side of these bonuses.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-3125343675723294572009-03-21T01:48:00.000-04:002009-03-21T01:48:00.000-04:00In my opinion bonuses should never be contracted a...In my opinion bonuses should never be contracted and should only be given in the case of profits large enough to determine they were earned on merit. Something was said the other day that I don't quite understand, but felt scary and that was when it was suggested that AIG should not receive a bailbout due to these greedy bonuses, it was pointed out that if they fail, there was something called 'derivatives' <BR/>which were layered in the company and could cause world financial collapse. What happened to the monopoly laws and what fool repealed them.<BR/>Note to Paula & Skip: Welcome! and in this country all views are a right protected under our constitution, so speak up! Smiles, TiffinyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538487733639673562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-54527176643631213982009-03-21T01:32:00.000-04:002009-03-21T01:32:00.000-04:00Some of this anger is misplaced. The AIG Financial...Some of this anger is misplaced. The AIG Financial Products people who created the problem are long gone with their millions made before it was learned that it was a dangerous charade. These latest bonuses were promised to the people retained and hired to untangle the mess and keep it from affecting many more holders of AIG insurance. Those Republicans who are now willing to tax bonuses were proposing new and bigger tax cuts for the bankers and brokers as the way to get the economy started again. I agree with you that all of us, but especially Congress, need to think before we vote.Lewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697266305154485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-15660455074768860842009-03-20T22:47:00.000-04:002009-03-20T22:47:00.000-04:00I agree Mary. It's a mess.I agree Mary. It's a mess.♥ Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591559212770014981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-27079845153005252602009-03-20T21:27:00.000-04:002009-03-20T21:27:00.000-04:00I agree... and have to add...they should not only ...I agree... and have to add...they should not only give the $$ back, but w/ interest. I'm soooo sick of bailing out the banks....you want a stimulus pkg, give it to "main street'...not "wall street"... IMHO...~gail~mooselovingmamabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786010297831068001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-36121755629428759632009-03-20T20:50:00.001-04:002009-03-20T20:50:00.001-04:00Seems like someone had a fire under their ass.Seems like someone had a fire under their ass.Queen-Size funny bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134308455271808356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-47274062355128151552009-03-20T20:50:00.000-04:002009-03-20T20:50:00.000-04:00Seems like someone had a fire under their ass.Seems like someone had a fire under their ass.Queen-Size funny bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134308455271808356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-81081885085032833422009-03-20T19:00:00.000-04:002009-03-20T19:00:00.000-04:00Great post. But than I am a German transplant to F...Great post. But than I am a German transplant to Florida and it might not be liked that a foreigner has an opinion on politics in a foreign countryPaula & Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249676646371152075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-72479674173286037932009-03-20T16:49:00.000-04:002009-03-20T16:49:00.000-04:00It's posturing for the masses - they don't mention...It's posturing for the masses - they don't mention what a tiny % these bonuses are - I think AIG and many others are greedy and uncaring in a deeply disgusting way but this is all just creating theater rather than leadership<BR/><BR/>I'm so sick of endless national outrage aimed in all the wrong directionsDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-28309086412286523082009-03-20T16:07:00.000-04:002009-03-20T16:07:00.000-04:00I agree. I was actually forced to agree with some ...I agree. I was actually forced to agree with some Republicans yesterday. Man, you know things are bad when I agree with Republicans.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996538460071167819noreply@blogger.com