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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:26 AM Original message |
These AIG employees who thought they "earned" their bonuses |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just Doing Their Yob Man... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I'l like to see those contracts too |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Front Loaded Deals... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. So if a top receiver drops four passes and they lose the game |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Not If He's Got A Good Agent... |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's like |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And the people must ask: are they really f***ing up? Or is it a "controlled demolition?" |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Controlled demolition? |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. Criminal experts rose through crime and fell and the damage is colossal.. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Is there a place where one can go and review what they were contracted to do? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I'd like to know that too |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's the thing - Conservatives write about these bonuses as if they were |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. And that's the problem |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. "The Ends Justify The Means" ... and THAT'S how they were compensated. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I can see this |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Remember, the euphemism is "results-oriented." |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. Some did earn their bonus by running or being part of and contributing to the success of profitable |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. WRONG! If A Company Is Insolvent NOBODY Deserves A Bonus |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. not all bonuses are based on company performance. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Because many people simply get laid off |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. and...? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I consider it morally decrepit |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. there are plenty of things about our economic system that are morally decrepit... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Oh so, that's just the way it is, we'd better not fix anything? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. i have no problem with fixing things going forward... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You forgot the sarcasm tag |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Hardly a company-wide failure. There are profitable divisions of AIG |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. And where's your proof that the $73 mil |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I don't know what bonuses when to whom, all I said was some employees did earn their bonuses |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I'm saying we don't know, and we should |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. that's not exactly how you phrased things in your op. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. where's your proof that it didn't? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I in no way connect AIGs fun with accounting to Obama |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. but that's what the media-created outrage over the bonus issue is all about... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I know that |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. if you're starting threads about the aig bonus issue that help fan the flames... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Then ignore my thread if it bothers you so much |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. if everyone just ignored the things that are not right- the world would be even worse off... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. AIG had $400 million in bonuses. The CDS group had $173 million of that... |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. concerning the 'sports' analogies: |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You made that point better than I did |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. That's easy to 'cure' ... just buy the umpires. |
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