The government had no right to seize private property. Read this article for a more balanced (i.e. non-leftist) view of what transpired with AIG:
http://nypost.com/2014/10/09/aig-case-is-no-joke-is-there-anything-fed-cant-do/
Well apparently they do.
Plus they seem to have the right to steal from multiple future generations not even born yet.
We’ll see how well that works out for them.