Our incontinent economy

October 8, 2008

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Trickling Down

9:20 AM -- The bailout is working already! ABC News reports:

  • Less than a week after the federal government committed $85 billion to bail out AIG, executives of the giant AIG insurance company headed for a week-long retreat at a luxury resort and spa, the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, California, Congressional investigators revealed today.

    "Rooms at this resort can cost over $1,000 a night," Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) said this morning as his committee continued its investigation of Wall Street and its CEOs.


Your tax dollars at play

  • AIG documents obtained by Waxman's investigators show the company paid more than $440,000 for the retreat, including nearly $200,000 for rooms, $150,000 for meals and $23,000 in spa charges.

    "They're getting their pedicures and their manicures and the American people are paying for that," said Cong. Elijah Cummings (D-MD).

Happy endings for all!

— Larry, Attack Monkey, Light Reading

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