[QUOTE=WNRacing;393812]...Considering how hard our domestic auto manufacturers had to fight for what, 17 billion (each) you really don't think that there are a handful of politicians getting their pockets stuffed out of the 140+ billion dollars that we just handed over to AIG? QUOTE]

I would like to hope not, and if there are a handful of them they will eventually get caught and I hope they go to jail. I would also like to think that any politician elected to Congress would have enough political sense not to touch anything having to do with AIG. I'm probably giving them to much credit by assuming they are smart enough to realize that.

[QUOTE=jjtgiants;393822]Who do you think let AIG give out bonuses? That's why Chris Dodd has been on a denying spree for ages. Why do you think Chris Dodd, Barney Franks, etc. all were saying to invest in Freddie and Fannie? Because they were the top two paid by both organizations. It says something when you have Chuck Shmuckster saying that the American public doesn't care about pork.

This is probably to late to chime in this one but here goes:

That giant sucking sound that Ross Perot mentioned in his bid for president has arrived.. When our United states gave free trade to Mexico, was the begining of that. A large corp. wants to make money. YES. Moving that corp to Mexico for labor costs vs. the cost for the move. YES. corp. has made more money in 1 year because labor cost are fucking ridiculously low for any american to fathom, 1 dollar a day, vs 7 dollars an hour at the very minimum for a low level entry manufacturing job.. We have been screwed since this happened. It just took a while for it to show up in statistics..

This has been coming for a long ass time. And skilled jobs don't mean shit anymore. We need skilled jobs here, and the pay scale to recognize it too.. :t: