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Glenn Beck Does the Unthinkable: Asks What Law Permits the Government to Demand AIG Bonuses

| March 30, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone I have never been in favor of the AIG employees getting those million-dollar bonuses using taxpayer money. In fact, I’ve been against all the bailouts, even those former Pres. Bush approved. But how I feel about it is irrelevant. Congress wrote the bills and they were [...]

Barney Frank’s Quote of Audacity (Only 999 More to Report)

| March 25, 2009

Quote of Audacity: “I ask you to submit the names of the people who have received the bonuses, noting that they’ve paid them back or not, and, uh, if, I won’t accept them under confidentially personally, in fact, you submitted some confidential information, and I frankly threw it away after reading it, because I was [...]

Wait, Haste Made the Mess: Sen. Kyl Blocks AIG Punishment Bill to Allow Level-Headed Review

| March 21, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone I’ve always respected Sen. Jon Kyl, as he represents my state of Arizona. And now, that respect has elevated. Kyl managed to block the totalitarian bill that would have forced unprecedented (or “revenge-driven”) taxation on the $165 million in bonuses that AIG paid to employees with [...]

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