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    AIG Bonus Tax Passed

    March 19, 2009

    OK now that we’ve managed to get the mob really riled up, maybe someone should take a look at the consequences of this tax. Set aside its constitutionality, I am assuming others will check that out, we should think through what its impact s likely to be on the traders whose bonuses are now being […]

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    AIG and Foreign Banks

    March 19, 2009

    A quick update on the supposed ‘bailout’ of foreign banks via AIG. The problem with using the word ‘bailout’ here is that it is not fully accurate, even though it loosely describes what went on. I would prefer we reserve the word for situations where taxpayer money is used to prevent an organization from filing […]

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    The AIG Grilling

    March 18, 2009

    Having watched most of the grilling given to the AIG CEO, Edward Liddy, today I have a few thoughts: First: Liddy tried very hard to explain his decision to pay out those horrible bonuses. He argues that it was a risk management technique. His plan is to eliminate the division that caused all the problems, […]

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