http://pol.moveon.org/pac/aigagain/letter.html
http://pol.moveon.org/pac/aigagain/letter.html
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| Subject: Help stop AIG's outrageous bonuses Hi, The people at AIG who are most responsible for the severity of the financial crisis should be in jail. But instead, they're slated to get another $100 million in bonuses--on top of the $450 million they got last year. Unbelievable, right? I signed a petition telling Congress that it's long past time to take real action to stop companies from giving out taxpayer dollars in bonuses. Can you join me at the link below? http://pol.moveon.org/aigagain/?r_by=&rc=paste Thanks! XOXO Anne |
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Here is the original email with links at the bottom...
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Dear MoveOn member,
Yesterday news broke that AIG—the bailed-out insurance giant—will give out another $100 million in bonuses.1 Seriously?
These are the people who wrecked our economy. And AIG still owes taxpayers $182 billion.
Their priority should be paying us back—not giving out obscene bonuses.
But unless Congress acts—by blocking bonuses at bailed-out banks or imposing heavy taxes on them—they'll keep wasting our money. Can you sign our petition telling them that serious action to rein in bonuses is long overdue? Clicking below will add your name.
http://pol.moveon.org/aigagain/o.pl?id=18831-17313833-qdaMEhx&t=3
The petition says: "Bailed-out companies shouldn't be allowed to waste money on bonuses until they've paid back their debt in full."
Bankers in other countries have already gotten the message that their behavior is unacceptable. England and France have imposed heavy surtaxes on outrageous banker bonuses.2
But the banks still hold enormous power in Washington—as Sen. Dick Durbin put it, "They frankly own the place."3 And they're using all of their lobbying clout to oppose any attempts to rein in their bonuses.4
So despite the huge outcry over the last round of AIG bonuses, Congress still hasn't done anything to stop Wall Street from giving out huge bonuses. AIG's bonus plan is unacceptable. Clicking below will add your name to the petition letting Congress know they need to do something to stop it.
http://pol.moveon.org/aigagain/o.pl?id=18831-17313833-qdaMEhx&t=4
Thanks for all you do.
–Daniel, Carrie, Kat, Wes, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "AIG plans to pay $100 million in another round of bonuses," The Washington Post, February 3, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86394&id=18831-17313833-qdaMEhx&t=5
2. "France joins UK to target traders in bonus tax move," Reuters, December 16, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86395&id=18831-17313833-qdaMEhx&t=6
3. "Dick Durbin: Banks 'Frankly Own The Place'," The Huffington Post, April 29, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51421&id=18831-17313833-qdaMEhx&t=7
4."Wall Street's fingerprints evident on financial reform bill," The Christian Science Monitor, December 22, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86389&id=18831-17313833-qdaMEhx&t=8
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Makes me sick...
These people are nothing but leaches! Arrest them all. Then put them all in Gitmo along with the other bad guys of the world. Then have the military run the place with minimal care and only give them bread and water. I'm tired of the fat cat rich guys getting richer and richer while the rest of us are struggling. And whats even worse....they seem to love rubbing it in how much better they have it over everybody else. They see the American people having a hard time and they have no conscience at all for taking even more from us. As long as its not them they don't care. Until it becomes THEM, they never will.
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ReplyDeleteThis goes on in most 1st World Countries Anna, it was on the radio here the other day and how they would be in jail if they were here
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