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Originally posted by Karlhungis
The company that I work for has had a record year. Yet due to the current financial situation, no one will be getting a raise next year. It sickens me to see companies like AIG begging for handouts and then splurging on retreats. It also sickens me to see that people on wall st will still be getting their bonuses this year... again, thanks to the taxpayer and our handouts.
Originally posted by jibeho
reply to post by mybigunit
If you don't like it...
Get yourself a pair of sheeping boots.
www.urbandictionary.com...
AIG owns more than two dozen companies licensed to offer insurance in California, according to the California Insurance Commissioner. They include 21st Century Casualty Co.; 21st Century Insurance Co.; AIG Casualty Co.; AIG Centennial Insurance Co.; AIG Premier Insurance Co.; AIU Insurance Co.; American General Indemnity Co.; American Home Assurance Co.; American International Insurance Co. of California Inc.; Birmingham Fire Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania; Commerce And Industry Insurance Co.; GE Auto & Home Assurance Co.; GE Indemnity Insurance Co.; Granite State Insurance Co.; Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.; Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania; Landmark Insurance Co.; National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa; New Hampshire Insurance Co.; Pacific Assurance; Putnam Reinsurance Co.; Transatlantic Reinsurance Co.; United Guaranty Commercial Insurance Co. of North Carolina; United Guaranty Credit Insurance Co.; United Guaranty Residential Insurance Co.; and Yosemite Insurance Co.[48].........Twenty AIG subsidiaries are licensed to do business in Pennsylvania, including National Union Fire Insurance Co. in Pittsburgh, believed to be the second largest AIG underwriter in the nation. Other subsidiaries include New Hampshire Insurance, Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Granite State Insurance and New Hampshire Indemnity.[49]
Originally posted by venividivici
Even if it was subsidized by Saudi Arabian businessmen AIG exec have to realize the perception is that they are thumbing their noses to the American public.
[edit on 11-11-2008 by venividivici]
Originally posted by mybigunit
Reply To GoalPoster
Why would they give a crap what we thought. Ill tell you what if they knew that they had to watch their backs while walking through their house they would care. Just when they think its safe to open a window...BAM a bullet from 300 yards away hits them straight in the head. If a few CEOs from these companies met this fate the others would think twice about what they are doing. They wouldnt want to have to walk through their own house having to speed through window openings in fear of a bullet. These people have some sense of safety. Thomas Jefferson said it the best when he said "Freedom is when the government fears the people. Tyranny is when the people fear their government." How can one put it any better?
I just saw a blurb about this on CNN headline news. They were saying how Congress is all up in arms over this.
Originally posted by ColoradoJens
reply to post by mybigunit
Gadzooks -amazing to me the double standard applied by hard core evangelical right when assessing "evil" status to people. These people are just plain criminals - greed seems to have been lost in the battle of sins that we all so casually bandy about - these people, not the gays or the tree huggers or the Rush Limbaughs, are the ones who are truly destroying the fabric of all of our lives with their unending GREED. They are all laughing at us.
ColoradoJens