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Frank: AIG is 'rewarding incompetence'
AP via MSNBC ^
| 16 March 2009
| AP
Posted on 03/16/2009 7:27:21 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate
Rep. Barney Frank charged that a decision by the financially strapped insurance giant, which is 80 percent owned by taxpayers, to pay millions in executive bonuses amounts to "rewarding incompetence."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aig; bonus; frank; hypocrisy
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To: An.American.Expatriate
“rewarding incompetence”
Same as your constituency, Barney.
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posted on
03/16/2009 7:44:41 AM PDT
by
DonGrafico
(Underwriting America's permanent underclass since 1975)
To: An.American.Expatriate
'rewarding incompetence'
That's what happens every time Barney Frank gets re-elected.
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posted on
03/16/2009 7:49:05 AM PDT
by
careyb
To: An.American.Expatriate
Barney you fudge packer. You just took a pay raise.
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posted on
03/16/2009 7:51:11 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
‘rewarding incompetence’ or as we call it reelected.
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posted on
03/16/2009 7:52:15 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: bamahead
""rewarding incompetence." The liberal welfare state in two words."
Amen brother! Might I steal this as an update to my tag line, kind sir?
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posted on
03/16/2009 7:56:04 AM PDT
by
EnigmaticAnomaly
("Liberals: Punishing success and subsidizing losers for 150 years")
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
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posted on
03/16/2009 7:56:35 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: An.American.Expatriate
"Frank: AIG is 'rewarding incompetence'" So what, Barney. We, the taxpayers, are rewarding criminality every time you receive your paycheck.
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posted on
03/16/2009 7:58:31 AM PDT
by
davisfh
( Islam is a very serious mental illness)
To: An.American.Expatriate
BTW, I heard that AIG guarantees the congressional pensions. I wonder if this had anything to do with their bailout?
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:00:48 AM PDT
by
umgud
(I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
To: An.American.Expatriate
Repeal Stimulus Bill $787,000,000,000.00 Let your congressman know that we are not going to be gang-raped by incompetent representatives who pass mega spending bills without reading them and forcing our economy into a near bankrupt position.
B Frank and his liberal reps are just as incompetent as he labels AIG execs. This is the pot calling the kettle black.
To: An.American.Expatriate
We reward incompetence every day we pay Barney a salary. Apparently it’s the American way.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:04:49 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: bamahead
rewarding incompetence
Re electing incumbents in two words.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:11:00 AM PDT
by
csmusaret
(You can't spell Democrat without R-A-T.)
To: An.American.Expatriate
The bonuses that have been paid are one-tenth of one percent of the bailout money from the feds and AIG was contractually obligated to pay it out. Not one cent of salary or benefits have come under scrutiny and this should be in the same category. Future bonuses are up for grabs, but not these.
Methinks Barney Frank needs to redefine incompetence by looking in the mirror.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:12:10 AM PDT
by
kevinm13
(Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
To: musicman
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:17:48 AM PDT
by
so_real
( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
To: musicman
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:19:54 AM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
("Most Effective Obama Critics: Charles Dow and Edward Jones" ~ John McCormack ~ The Weekly Standard)
To: An.American.Expatriate
The blind leading the blind
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:28:08 AM PDT
by
mort56
(He who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither. - Ben Franklin)
To: An.American.Expatriate
This from the poster child for incompetence.
To: An.American.Expatriate
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Paying taxes is rewarding incompetence!
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:35:18 AM PDT
by
TruthConquers
(Delendae sunt publici scholae)
To: An.American.Expatriate
Barney Fwanks doesn’t mind wasting billions every year paying people that do absolutely nothing but sit on their cans and avoid work so why should this bother him?
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:39:29 AM PDT
by
Reagan is King
(Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave.)
To: mort56
The old saying to Barney, President & Congress “It take one to know one”!
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:44:46 AM PDT
by
ducks1944
(GOD Bless the USA .)
To: kevinm13; All
The bonuses that have been paid are one-tenth of one percent of the bailout money from the feds and AIG was contractually obligated to pay it out.All the more reason the Feds should have let them fall.
IMO, it's still paying for incompetents when bonuses are paid out when a company is failing. If you are not doing an excellent job than you should forfeit the bonus.
One financial/insurance company going under WILL NOT destroy America. And, I still hope the Justice Dept or IG or Congress or whoever investigates this company.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:47:34 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
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