Comments on: Another fancy AIG conference!?

By: shirley mason

shirley mason — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:45:29 +0000

i have two comments 1.how in any thing that is holy can the ceo, of aig make ten million dollars, in one year after all the so call money trobles just last year, I wonder if the President Obama's was raised to that amount would there any eyes browsed raised or would it just be another days pay raised.Non of Ceo's should get anothe pay raise until all monies they owe the goverment be paid in full.(2). someone being beaten by the police officers,where there are more than one officer attacking a citizen, yet these officers are NOT BEING seen as ecessive force are we so blind that being a bully is okay, when there is a team of people beating on one person?

By: jerry williams

jerry williams — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:35:21 +0000

AIG is a joke why should we bailout companies like aig-fannie mae and freddie mac when they have spent years sticking it to the consumers i say let them fold –federal goverment has never bailed us out before–what i say to these companies is cut salaries make layoffs –make some cut backs thats what they do in the oilfield when there over budget. shouldn't be no differant for them.we have millions of people out of work and can't feed there families and there worried about saving billion dollar companies–the econamy needs help i'm sorry but bailing these companies will not help the econamy.this country is not gona get better unless they stop pertecting the rich and start helping the low to middle clas working people

By: Marie Morrow

Marie Morrow — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:25:05 +0000

My daughter had her taxes done and was told she had to pay back the $600 stimulus payment she received from the gov't. last year. Why weren't "we" told this. What a shock this was to many people I've talked to.

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:55:34 +0000

Credit Bill of Rights: According to http://credit.about.com/od/consumercreditlaws/a/creditbillright.htm there are (among other things) two items that conflict with my experience with my credit cards:

1) That credit card companies cannot increase interest on pre-existing balances (unless I am late with payment). This is not my experience. I have had several credit card companies increase my interest rate on pre-existing balances even though I have not been late with payments.

2) When multiple interest rates are in effect, according to the web site, the lender must apply payments to the higher-interest balances before they apply payments to the lower-interest balances. Again, not my experience...ALL of my credit card companies apply my payments to the lower interest balances so that my higher interest balances are effectively "locked in" until all lower interest balances are paid.

Is the web site wrong?

Thanks,

Jay

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:09:18 +0000

jenn first of all i love you and please add me on my space !! lol you and robin are awesome togather!!! ok heres what i think.. and yell at me people. its just a comment, this is the usa we have our own oppinions ..
ok lets just say we let the gov take over all the houses instead of bailing us out, for one thing its not really the gov's responsabilty to do this, its our own fault we cant let our gov bail us out of everything.. the natral disasters isnt the gov's responsability ether but it is there to be there to help us get somewhere safe and feed us while we get our stuff togather .. let the gov take the houses tear them down and lets biuld some green houses, for one thing we have to save these trees in the world and treat our planet better .. we can all do more, so this could be a great chance to do something .. me i dont want to own a house or do i have one or own one .. i would like to someday biuld one under the ground with stucco walls inside and out use old junk or something to make the whole house .. use them solar panels... no electricy to the house no gas .. we could use a big water storage for rain run off to run it through the house to heat along with a corn stove or something like that .. i want to be out in the country, there is pleny of food out there to eat, grow your own stuff , have chickens a few hogs , sheep or cows... doing all the work would be good for us. and not having alot of money wouldnt be that bad after you get use to it .. i done for 3 yrs.. lived on 182.00 cash a month and 162 month for foodstamps... believe me it was hard but u do get use to it ..i had to live this way because i hurt my back and couldnt do anything .. so i had to depend on the gov, and believe me you cant depend on them for much of anything.. i got my back surgery because a hospital was kind enough to do it free.. answered prayers !!! kyle

By: Ronald L Allen

Ronald L Allen — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:28:47 +0000

Thats it pull the plug on AIG make them pay back every dime ,penny, given to them by the government ( we the People ) Make an example of them . All they seem to want to do is look for loop holes to spend the bail money on there own interest. They need to be given more than a slap on back of there hands. Maybe some fines on key upper management and some jail time for frauding the general public as a whole. If you or I had miss used funds we would never be heard from again being locked away so far removed that no sun light would ever reach us. So long A I G do not darken my door step again.

By: Freddy Campbell

Freddy Campbell — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:06:03 +0000

Robin,

I have one question, What if the goverment stopped giving these big companys all of our countries tax payer money. Would it not be better to give it back to us and let we the people of this great country rejuvinate our economy. If our goverment really wanted to help this economic crisis, give us the bailout money and let the people do this. If our goverment would give every tax payer and working family thousands of dollars # 1 I would pay my home note, which would help the housing industry, # 2 I would more than likely buy my wife or myself a new car, ( now I wonder what that would to do for the auto industry, # 3 With money in our pockets the possibilities are endless.
I say we quit giving all this money to big coorporations so they don't waist our money. It makes me sick to see this. The problem is our goverment does not listen to the public opinion anymore, all they care about is spending our money so the working class does not have chance to better ourselves. Our goverment officials are nothing but sell outs.

Thanks
Freddy

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:18:38 +0000

The funniest thing regarding AIG EXEs. is that they are getting away with the biggest scam in US History. Billions are given by the Gov. in exchange for repayment that the Gov./Taxpayer will never see. The down fall of the GOV. is no accountability for the moneys given, just finger pointing. Meanwhile, common folks are losing their homes, jobs, and in many cases themselves through this escapade.
My family is doing ok and sticking our nose into as much info as possible and learning. I believe many will learn from potential down falls and readjust for a better tomorrow. After all, you learn from losing in many cases. You learn what you are made of.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:25:34 +0000

Is anyone thinking about the bonuses being paid out this year? While taxpayers are reaching into their pockets to "rescue" these Wall Street firms, they are paying out billions to their employees in bonuses to enjoy the holiday season. I've heard bonus pools are being cut by half??? half??? These firms wouldn't be in existence if it weren't for the taxpayer bailout – is it appropriate or even legal for them to pay out billions? Banks are calling it a "retention" bonus – it isn't a retention bonus – where do these people have to go? Thousands are being laid off and the rest are happy to keep their jobs. And they are saying it is part of the operating budget – well they wouldn't be operating if it weren't for taxpayer money. How are our government officials allowing such an egregious error to take place involving billions of dollars? Can the media do anything more to hold officials, CEOs, accountable?

By: Brent Lantzy

Brent Lantzy — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:11:39 +0000

What a load of C***, They were first inline begging for money and they are no better than a bunch of crack addicts with no financial morals whatsoever. There should be jail sentences for the parties involved to include the government officials that that signed the check and must have received major campaign contributions from this group.