Ya know.... I started to write a post about how both conservs and libs can agree that this bonus BS is disgusting but then Mr. Hixon blew it.
U.S. to Take Over AIG in $85 Billion Bailout; Central Banks Inject Cash as Credit Dries Up
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122156561931242905.html
This Wall Street Journal article (not a lubbural rag) is dated September 16, 2008. Sorry dude, that was on Bush's watch.
I know how reality is such a problem to some of you guys. The below quote occasionally needs repeating:
It seems that Republicans these days want to have it every possible way: complain about the deficit while ignoring everything their party did to create it (Medicare Part D, two unfunded wars, TARP, earmarks galore, tax cuts up the wazoo, irresponsible regulatory and monetary policies that created the recession that created the deficit, etc.)... all the while illogically insisting that tax cuts are a necessary part of deficit reduction, and never proposing any specific spending cuts.
--Bruce Bartlett