China Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 After Bailout, AIG Execs Head to California Resort Rescued by Taxpayers, $440,000 for Retreat Including "Pedicures, Manicures" By BRIAN ROSS and TOM SHINE October 7, 2008 SHARE Less than a week after the federal government committed $85 billion to bail out AIG, executives of the giant AIG insurance company headed for a week-long retreat at a luxury resort and spa, the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, California, Congressional investigators revealed today. "Rooms at this resort can cost over $1,000 a night," Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) said this morning as his committee continued its investigation of Wall Street and its CEOs. AIG documents obtained by Waxman's investigators show the company paid more than $440,000 for the retreat, including nearly $200,000 for rooms, $150,000 for meals and $23,000 in spa charges. "They're getting their pedicures and their manicures and the American people are paying for that," said Cong. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). "This unbridled greed," said Cong. Mark Souder (R-IN), "it's an insensitivity to how people are spending our dollars." Appearing before the committee, Martin Sullivan, the AIG CEO until June, said the company was overwhelmed by a "financial global tsunami," and that "no simple or single cause" was to blame. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSkins Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 god bless america Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch_Lives59 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I love this country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endzone_dave Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 A lot of people are going to get very rich on this bailout. I hope they enjoy the money we tax payers are giving them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 well at least we didn't sign over $700,000,000,000 to these people. Oh wait... :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chachie Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Sigh....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyansRangers Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Thank you Congress for putting in provisions.. Great Job.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Up against the mother****ing WALL. ~BANG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakkhim Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 These people need to be powerbombed straight through Hell into the Netherworld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 And guess what guys... none of us who have read this are going to do anything about it. We're lazy Americans and we assume SOMEBODY will do something about it. I just fired an email to my Senator and Governor. **** both of them and **** these AIG douchebags too. I'm so fed up with Washington that I'm voting 3rd party this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 And guess what guys... none of us who have read this are going to do anything about it. We're lazy Americans and we assume SOMEBODY will do something about it.I just fired an email to my Senator and Governor. **** both of them and **** these AIG douchebags too. I'm so fed up with Washington that I'm voting 3rd party this year. THAT'S the spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Any guess as to the political registration of these AIG execs? Take a good look, this is the republican party's real constituents, not you low lifes :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I love this country god bless america A little satire is being called here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnativenerd Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 *sigh* Whatever. I saw this coming from a mile away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Any guess as to the political registration of these AIG execs? Take a good look, this is the republican party's real constituents, not you low lifes :laugh: yep, that does it. it's all the repubs fault. dems are guilt free in all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 The country is split. You can't say it isn't. The question is if that split stays the size of a crack in the sidewalk or becomes larger than the San Andreas fault. Actions like this are pushing us towards the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I like to know how they spent 150k on FOOD!??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 We all knew this was going to happen. Nice to see how our Tax Money at work. Hope they liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Brown Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I like to know how they spent 150k on FOOD!??! food includes alcohol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartColtNow Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 These vermin need to be rounded up and ****ing SHOT, if there was ever a good label for "enemy combatant" it's these pieces of ****. Send them to gitmo with no trial, tourture and waterboard them daily then execute on national TV so that others like them can learn a ****ing lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 More money going to AIG: http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/08/news/companies/aig/index.htm?cnn=yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 We should give them a tax cut and make certain not to put any restriction on their bonuses when we agree to a bailout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 They've been doing this for years. My last job, I booked travel exclusively for the AIG account. All I did was book all-expense trips for the AIG employees and their families to so-called "conferences" where they'd spend a week in some lavish Carribbean, Hawaiian, or Mexican resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsTerps26 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Wake up people, something needs to be done. What happened to America?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 More money going to AIG:http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/08/news/companies/aig/index.htm?cnn=yes :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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