Senate GOPs Brake Rush To Tax AIG Bonuses
Democrats Say They'll Try Again Next Week
Spitzer Blasts AIG Bailout
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has a few words to say about the fuss over the AIG bonuses: I told you so. Spitzer battered AIG with charges of corruption long before his own downfall in a prostitution scandal. Now, he's using the AIG scandal to strike his old Sheriff of Wall Street themes. Spitzer said the AIG bonus issue is "penny ante" compared to the billions of the insurer's bailout money funneled to bad banks. He also said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner owes the country an explanation, quickly. Spitzer told CNN that he probed AIG because of the way it would push boundaries to "gin up returns" with little regard to risk. The tough talk raises the question about whether Spitzer, who now tends to his family's real estate business, is mounting a comeback bid.Meanwhile, the blame game has begun among Democrats.The tale of political intrigue and Democratic infighting could threaten the re-election chances of a top senator and the credibility, if not the career, of one of President Barack Obama's top advisers.The latest finger-pointing is between Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, the Banking Committee chairman, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Dodd, who is facing a tough reelection fight, said he modified a proposal in the bailout bill to rein in bonuses at the request of the White House.Geithner said his staff merely pointed out that without the change, the government risked being sued by executives in line to get big bonuses from bailout recipients.Outrage Has Employees Living In Fear
The bonuses paid to AIG executives have turned pillars of a Connecticut community into pariahs and have workers fearing for their safety. An executive who feared retribution and spoke Friday on condition of anonymity says AIG workers in ritzy Fairfield County are "very, very nervous" about security. AIG's financial products division is in nearby Wilton. Corporate officials have told employees to avoid sporting the company logo and to travel in pairs at night. Activists plan to visit the homes of AIG executives Saturday in an attempt to deliver letters highlighting the economic problems of ordinary Americans. Security companies say the financial crisis is creating brisk business in everything from bomb-sniffing dogs to bodyguards.
- March 20, 2009: Obama To Leno: I Was Stunned By AIG Bonuses
- March 19, 2009: House Passes Bill Taxing AIG, Other Bonuses
- March 18, 2009: AIG Chief: Some Starting To Return Bonuses
- March 17, 2009: Congress Vows To Reclaim AIG Bonuses
- March 17, 2009: 73 AIG Execs Got $1M Bonuses, NY AG Says
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