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| Yes | 72% | 330 votes | Total: 460 votes | |
| No | 28% | 130 votes |
Yes
Created on: March 26, 2009 Last Updated: April 02, 2009
The American International Group (AIG), the 18th largest public company in the world with an investment
Created on: March 20, 2009 Last Updated: April 26, 2010
The Question; "Should A.I.G. executives be forced to return bonuses paid with federal bailout money?"
Created on: March 21, 2009
The question of the AIG executive bonuses is a very complicated one. On a moral and ethical level, the
by Ted Sherman
Created on: March 21, 2009 Last Updated: March 30, 2009
Those AIG executives should return the bonuses, either voluntarily or by legal action. As outrageous
Created on: March 21, 2009 Last Updated: March 13, 2010
After receiving billions of tax payer dollars in bail out money, AIG officials should be required to
by John Daab
Created on: April 30, 2009 Last Updated: May 08, 2009
Retention Bonuses: Genuine Corporate Expense or Corporate Hokus-Pokus
When I first started as a carpenter
Created on: March 23, 2009 Last Updated: April 02, 2009
The supervisors and managers of AIG were aware that the company was in great financial distress. They
by Mark K Hall
Created on: March 20, 2009
They should absolutely give the money back. I live in Canada and even I am outraged by this breach of
Created on: March 22, 2009
Those AIG executives who have not been honorable enough to return 100% of their bonuses should definitely
by David Brown
Created on: March 20, 2009
The answer to this debate unfortunately is yes. The AIG executives should have to return the bonuses
Created on: March 22, 2009
Returning the bonuses paid should not even be debatable, just as it was given it should be taken away.
Whether
by T. GISKI
Created on: March 20, 2009
YES, the bonuses should be paid back to the company, who should inturn reinvest the money into areas
Created on: March 22, 2009
AIG executives, as those working for any major corporation, should be compensated on the basis of productivity,
Created on: March 27, 2009
In the age of employees being imputed furlough days, buyouts and even layoffs, for AIG executives to
by Kevin Tetter
Created on: March 20, 2009
The more accurate question is, "can they be forced to return the bonuses"? These were negotiated bonuses,
Created on: March 23, 2009 Last Updated: March 26, 2009
In all honesty I do believe the money should be returned. Especially, as many were getting the bonuses
Created on: March 23, 2009
While I am in favor of forcing AIG Executives to returning bonuses that came courtesy of the money from
Created on: March 22, 2009
AIG executives should return the bonuses. They did not earn them. Bonuses are paid as a result of good
Created on: March 28, 2009
REAL LIFE CASE STUDY
Considering the case of a colleague of mine, whom I'll call Lydia', can prove instructive
by Tom Brennan
Created on: March 23, 2009 Last Updated: March 24, 2009
Yes, the AIG employees who received large bonuses should return them and do it voluntarily. AIG has
No
by Keith Distel
Created on: March 21, 2009 Last Updated: March 28, 2009
I do not believe that the people at AIG who received bonuses should be forced to pay the money back.
by B Smith
Created on: March 26, 2009 Last Updated: April 01, 2009
Should AIG executives be forced to return bonuses paid with federal bailout money?
Imagine that you receive
by Todd Caito
Created on: March 24, 2009 Last Updated: March 28, 2009
As populist anger mounts, stoked by the righteous indignation of reactionary politicians in Washington,
Created on: March 23, 2009
When reality bites, people in a stupor usually get hurt because they were not prepared for the inevitable.
Created on: March 24, 2009
While state of our economy is terrible and growing scares of more unemployment and the dreadful double
by Tyson Abaroa
Created on: March 24, 2009
The recent action of the House of Representatives is a guise to pull the blame away from Senator Dodd
Created on: March 21, 2009
Since when is contract law a matter of mob rule? The only thing that can break a financial contract
Created on: March 21, 2009
Many are debating whether or not AIG executives should return huge bonuses that were paid with federal
Created on: March 21, 2009
The United States is sinking in economic quicksand. AIG was given billions of dollars by the government
Created on: March 23, 2009
The worlds economic community is on its knees, cash is hemorrhaging at a rate faster than executives
Created on: March 20, 2009
In a perfect world, yes, AIG executives should return the bonuses, from an ethics standpoint, if nothing
Created on: March 22, 2009
I share the outrage at the use of taxpayer money to pay bonuses to the executives that caused the crisis
by M.L. Bushman
Created on: March 23, 2009
The AIG "debate" is a politician's dream come true. A smoke-screen issue of such proportion and opacity-and
by Ian Buchanan
Created on: March 19, 2009
I voted no in this debate solely in consideration of the evidence stating contractual justification
Created on: March 23, 2009
I want to say this to all bailout executives: Keep the money! If the government is stupid enough to
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