The headline is taken from the 1976 movie, "Network" in which Howard Beale (Peter Finch), a television anchorman virtually snaps at what is going on in the world and how helpless he feels. My how history does in fact repeat itself. Other than the out dated 'Russian' threat exhibited in Beale's rant truer words have never been spoken in 2009. We live in an era where not only does everyone know someone who has been affected by this economy but is also very pissed at what has been going in the world of finances particularly that of AIG. Never have I seen and heard so many people outraged by a company that has asked for a bailout only to give bonuses to their top executives for supposedly a job well done. With our money?
And the bonuses were contractually obligated to retain their (AIG) best talent? Talent? This reminds me of an onion that looks alright on the outside but peel back its exterior and it stinks. Wall Street's largest recipient of this administration's bailout money isn't even being allowed to fail and that in itself is scary. Can we allow a company that big to have its tentacles (or testicles) in everything? Let the ranting and mob mentality begin! I just hope the folks up there on the hill have their own bailout ready before the next election finds them unemployed.
The headline is taken from the 1976 movie, "Network" in which Howard Beale (Peter Finch), a television anchorman virtually snaps at what is going on in the world and how helpless he feels. My how history does in fact repeat itself. Other than the out dated 'Russian' threat exhibited in Beale's rant truer words have never been spoken in 2009. We live in an era where not only does everyone know someone who has been affected by this economy but is also very pissed at what has been going in the world of finances particularly that of AIG. Never have I seen and heard so many people outraged by a company that has asked for a bailout only to give bonuses to their top executives for supposedly a job well done. With our money?
And the bonuses were contractually obligated to retain their (AIG) best talent? Talent? This reminds me of an onion that looks alright on the outside but peel back its exterior and it stinks. Wall Street's largest recipient of this administration's bailout money isn't even being allowed to fail and that in itself is scary. Can we allow a company that big to have its tentacles (or testicles) in everything? Let the ranting and mob mentality begin! I just hope the folks up there on the hill have their own bailout ready before the next election finds them unemployed.
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