AIG Bonuses
Obama's self-righteous, public outrage over the recently paid bonuses at AIG is nothing more than an act to cover up the fact that he signed legislation that allowed the bonuses to be paid, an attempt to once again fool the American people. Consider the following report by Jonathan Karl which can be found at blogs.abcnews.com:
ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: During late-night, closed-door talks last month, negotiators for the House, Senate and White House stripped out a measure to the stimulus bill that could have restricted the AIG bonuses.
Here's the story:
Last month, the Senate unanimously approved an amendment to the stimulus bill aimed at restricting bonuses over $100,000 at any company receiving federal bailout funds. The measure, which was drafted by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., applied these restrictions retroactively to bonuses received or promised in 2008 and onward.
But then...
The provision was stripped out during the closed-door conference negotiations involving House and Senate leaders and the White House. A measure by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., to limit executive compensation replaced it. But Dodd's measure explicitly exempted bonuses agreed to prior to the passage of the stimulus bill.
Here's the exact language from Dodd's measure in the stimulus: "The prohibition required under clause (i) shall not be construed to prohibit any bonus payment required to be paid pursuant to a written employment contract executed on or before February 11, 2009..."
Obama lied.........(you fill in the blank)

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