The real scandal at AIG is the not the bonuses. It's the payments to counterparties.

Everybody is rushing to condemn AIG's bonuses, but this simple scandal is obscuring the real disgrace at the insurance giant: Why are AIG's counterparties getting paid back in full, to the tune of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars? Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 18, 2009 - 9:06 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 18, 2009

The opinion is perhaps a bit late to the table, but still relevant.

If the officials are protecting the super rich and whacking the workers, we need publicly owned elections to restore democracy.

It all appears, once again, to be the same insiders protecting themselves against sharing the pain and risk of their own bad adventure. More »

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by Chris Rocco - Mar. 21, 2009

When I ask myself, "who would be the best guy to have come up with the best questions to ask the bailout players", the first guy that pops into my head is this guy. Eliot Spitzer.

Now let's ask em.

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