Comments on: AIG Shelling Out $3 Million To Employees Who Were Terminated. http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:09:30 -0500 hourly 1 By: fitwallet http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30457 fitwallet Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:49:42 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30457 Meanwhile, the disabled folks I work with on a daily basis, living with chronic illness, have to wait two years to get a housing subsidy--and that's if they qualify (must have an AIDS diagnosis). Yeah, they just have to hope they live long enough to receive a housing subsidy so that 30% of their $637 SSI check can go to rent. Two years is a long time to live in a homeless shelter, or mom's moldy basement, with a suppressed immune system. But they shouldn't have gone and gotten HIV, right? How dare they do something "irresponsible" and expect the rest of us to bail them out! Oh, wait... Meanwhile, the disabled folks I work with on a daily basis, living with chronic illness, have to wait two years to get a housing subsidy–and that’s if they qualify (must have an AIDS diagnosis). Yeah, they just have to hope they live long enough to receive a housing subsidy so that 30% of their $637 SSI check can go to rent. Two years is a long time to live in a homeless shelter, or mom’s moldy basement, with a suppressed immune system. But they shouldn’t have gone and gotten HIV, right? How dare they do something “irresponsible” and expect the rest of us to bail them out! Oh, wait…

]]> By: Jimmy @ Wealth Is Boring http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30293 Jimmy @ Wealth Is Boring Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:17:22 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30293 Couldn't have said it better myself, David. The mere notion that those auto execs, who've been stubbornly running their respective companies into the ground for decades, have the audacity to come running to the government (taxpayers) who are already BEYOND struggling, seeking yet another gigantic bailout, is pure insanity. Couldn’t have said it better myself, David. The mere notion that those auto execs, who’ve been stubbornly running their respective companies into the ground for decades, have the audacity to come running to the government (taxpayers) who are already BEYOND struggling, seeking yet another gigantic bailout, is pure insanity.

]]> By: tj http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30290 tj Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:52:31 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30290 Man it was such a bad idea giving them that much money that quickly. Man it was such a bad idea giving them that much money that quickly.

]]> By: david http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30288 david Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:20:16 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30288 Oh, and can I add that the 3 auto execs flew on private jets to DC today to ask for bailout money? Ridiculous. Oh, and can I add that the 3 auto execs flew on private jets to DC today to ask for bailout money? Ridiculous.

]]> By: david http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30287 david Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:04:32 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30287 Thanks for the comment Alex. These two things are so tied, you couldn't get any closer. It's our financial future they are using to pay these people. It is incredibly important. Thanks for the comment Alex. These two things are so tied, you couldn’t get any closer. It’s our financial future they are using to pay these people. It is incredibly important.

]]> By: Alex http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30286 Alex Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:56:18 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30286 First of all, I completely agree with you, a bailout for the automotive industry is not only moronic, but pointless. It's a failing industry, and the demise is just a part of the cycle of the market. @ Greg - I'm as opposed to rants as anyone else, but personal finance and the bailout(s) are inherently related. Currently, it's kind of impossible to separate the two. First of all, I completely agree with you, a bailout for the automotive industry is not only moronic, but pointless. It’s a failing industry, and the demise is just a part of the cycle of the market.

@ Greg – I’m as opposed to rants as anyone else, but personal finance and the bailout(s) are inherently related. Currently, it’s kind of impossible to separate the two.

]]> By: david http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30285 david Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:41:18 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30285 Thanks for letting me know. Best of luck to you. Thanks for letting me know. Best of luck to you.

]]> By: Greg http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/11/19/aig-shelling-out-3-million-to-employees-who-were-terminated/comment-page-1/#comment-30284 Greg Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:30:45 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1786#comment-30284 I'm unsubscribing to your blog. I like reading your ideas about personal finance. But I'm getting tired of your rants about the federal bailout. Yes, I'm aware that we're wasting huge amounts of money on this. I read the news. That's not what I read your blog for. Please try to stay more on topic, or you will likely drive more subscribers away. I’m unsubscribing to your blog. I like reading your ideas about personal finance. But I’m getting tired of your rants about the federal bailout. Yes, I’m aware that we’re wasting huge amounts of money on this. I read the news. That’s not what I read your blog for. Please try to stay more on topic, or you will likely drive more subscribers away.

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