That's no hitch 7yler! Can you possibly believe that this administration was not aware of these pending bonuses? It should have been corrected and/or amended in some way despite the contract AIG had with the government.

This is a huge slap in the face to every taxpayer in the USA. How AIG thinks it can dole out $165 Million in bonuses to executives, including several who are no longer there, is an outrage. They received Billions in bail-out funds from the government and just now Congress is scrambling to get that money back, even if it includes 100% taxation! It was known beforehand that bonuses would be given and Sec. Geithner's job is, and should be, on the line pending investigation.

Bonuses are normally given for a job well done. How can any of these people look at themselves in the morning and not feel shame and disgrace at this? People are losing their homes, jobs, investments and everything else one can think of while AIG employees are sprinting to the bank with even more money in their pockets than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes. I, for one, am truly heartsick that these people are without morals. They are truly beneath contempt.

That is like saying that what AIG execs did were good jobs. I find it to be quite on the contrary. If you help run your business into the ground you are not exactly deserving the reward a raise is. I must say that they should not and I stand by it.

After all it isn't like the gov is paying money out of THEIR pocket it is money out of OUR pocket