On CNBC (the cable business news channel) a few weeks ago, the CEO of American International Group made his case for using taxpayer bailout money to pay bonuses to AIG's executives.  The situation is this: AIG, one of the world's largest insurance and financial services companies, got about $150 billion of the money that the federal government made available to help unfreeze credit markets.  AIG plans to pay back some of that money by selling some of its operations.  The CEO, Edward Liddy, ar...
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