It's Bonus Time Over at AIG (AGAIN)

Excellent commentary image!
Here! Here!

excellent! i m reading the news in the times.

well done!!!

I am so glad you did this. I am so outraged, words fail me. I think a major story should be put together “Who Are These Men & Women?” and spread across the internet, which lists each and every “skilled executive” who’s receiving a bonus, the dollar amount of the bonus, their position in the company, and a recent photo. They should be made so visible they feel ashamed to be seen at AIG, indeed anywhere outside their (palatial, no doubt) homes.

Absolutely Disgraceful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxo

It’s time for a little revolution.

I read the reason they give is that they cannot allow bonuses to be “dictated by the government” – perhaps not exact words, but something to that effect.

Well, how about having bonuses dictated by the fact that they lost incredible billions of dollars?

excellent statement…great image

It’s rather ironic that the same people who repeatedly call for low taxes and minimal government intervention are willing to line up and take government money to bail them out of the quagmire, only to go deeper into it ‘cos they can’t get their snouts out of the trough.

Yeah! Lots of greedy fat cats.

I live in a country where the Prime Minister, other government ministers and even senior civil servants are ALL paid much more than Obama. In fact, someone once calculated that tehe Prime Minister of Singapore draws a salary equivalent to that of SEVEN leading world presidents and prime ministers!

Reason for this is to “attract top talents” into government and also to “prevent corruption”. LOL! and Sigh!

Recently, there was a big hoo-hah among local netizens after a civil servant (permanent secretary) wrote an article in the newspapers about how he and wife and son spent their five-week holiday at the Cordon Blu Cooking School in France!

Cooking lessons alone, excluding air tickets and five weeks of hotels in France, came up to about US$30,000!

fantastic;

God, Mary Ann, you read my mind. Bonuses for ruining peoples lives. May they burn in hell. Or better yet, put them in a meat grinder—feet first!

well done and presented… i just sit here and read these things and shake my head.

Powerful statement, great work!

Emotive and strong image.

“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.”  ~Ansel Adams

Fantastic commentary, Mary Ann. Unfortunately, AIG is not alone in their greed. Almost every publicly traded corporation in america does the same thing. They issue shares, back date options, buy themselves jets and cars and butlers and maids with company funds and write themselves huge performance bonuses that bleed much needed capital from the company and create tremendous share dilution for common investors. And what have they done with these windfalls? Invest in Chinese companies and infrastructure, most likely. And then they have the chutzpah to cry about how unfair the tax system is. Well, this is what happens when elected officials have to run for reelection every two years, campaigns are privately funded, half the electorate doesn’t trust the media, and votes are cast on social issues (abortion, guns, prayer in school) rather than fiscal policies. America will never be conquered, she’ll be sold piecemeal while her citizens fuss and dither over “Happy Holidays” versus “Merry Christmas”.

Love the image and sentiment. I just dropped AIG as my car insurance-disgusting and they are being rewarded for it. Insanity!

Yes it is getting old and tiresome isn’t it.

Yes it is getting old and tiresome isn’t it.

Great image and commentary. I couldn’t agree more. Will it ever change? There seems no end to the limits of arrogance and greed at the top levels of corporations. Don’t know what will change it. Do we need more women at the top? not sure.

Not only is it greed, it is a great big “F- U” to the American people. I can hardly believe that we are tolerating this theft of public funds.

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It’s a pity they don’t have a vision for the world around them !

Well… – they just raked in $170b in funding, surely $169m is easy to justify for an achievement like that, that’s not even 0.1%!!
(Yes, I am being sarcastic!)
If these companies find that they cannot wiggle their way out of the contracts granting those bonuses, I wonder if they might be more creative if the bail-out money would be conditional on such bonuses not being paid, i.e. if there are such contractual obligations then they get no money. You reckon they would let the company go down the drain rather than finding a way to get rid of these bonuses? And if so, would it be a loss?
Oh well.
Great piece of art as it does raise all these issues and discussions!

Profound shot and so true…...

There is a “correction to the economy” happening. But it ain’t the “correction” the finance industry lunatics think it is. It’s the insane system exposing itself for the madness that it is. The indulgent blinded themselves with greed and finally brought themselves unstuck. This economic depression will create a different world from the last. As long as we remember who caused it.

Great work and comment. Here in Australia there are moves to have bonuses and CEO payments subject to approval by a majority of share holders..

Homelessness everywhere is a growing concern. Most major cities have occupancy rates in the central business districts of around 70% or less. These vacant buildings or floors of buildings could be converted into homeless shelters and emergancy accomodation at little expense….

“Skilled” at what? Conning the government and the taxpayer? For the amount that’s being paid to bail out AIG, I would hope that some sort of taxpayer representation on the board would be obtained, so that someone will ask difficult questions.

Yes!!! Great image and boy the greed never ends. Nice work!!

I absolutely agree with much that has been written,,,but….Mr. Liddy was put in charge of AIG by the government…...’nough said.

wonderful composition and a very strong statement! I have been watching the news and I am shocked also. well they say the rich get richer and the poor get poorer….so so true.

BRAVO

Back to tell you that this is a great image. It says so much. I voted for this one:o)

Going full circle 25 years ago I was homeless for several years and the way the things are going I will be there shortly…...............great composite and tells the real story…...........

BRAVO

powerful image mary ann
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