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JDPriestly

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13. TAlk about biting the hand that feeds you.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 04:11 PM

Sep 2014

AIG ran itself into the ground. Faced bankruptcy. Was bailed out in a forced sale of stock to the government which prevented the bankruptcy. And now, AIG investors want the party that forced the sale of stock to pay for what? Damages? Where are the damages? Who was damaged?

A company was saved from inevitable bankruptcy and now claims that being saved damaged it and its shareholders?

I don't quite see the point. Seems to me if there ever was a frivolous lawsuit, this is it. Or am I misunderstanding what happened?

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Elizabeth Warren tweet:"we bailed you out" [View all] Playinghardball Sep 2014 OP

We bailed you out. It's time to return the favor. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #1

They believe the whole world revolves around them.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #12

That article made my eyes pop out BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #2

If only Democrats held the House. Oh wait, the House has nothing to do with this. Scuba Sep 2014 #3

Well, all appropriations start in the House. MADem Sep 2014 #7

They did nothing illegal, or so I've been told on DU BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #8

I think what has been said ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #16

Mentioned in the article EW links to in her tweet is BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #18

Of course he doesn't understand. He is a fiscal sociopath. He, like his brethren believe they rhett o rick Sep 2014 #4

It's the real "ME" generation! Trillo Sep 2014 #5

Retweeted. Thanks! riqster Sep 2014 #6

He is pissed that the AIG bailout wiped out shareholders (mostly) Lucky Luciano Sep 2014 #9

The AIG bailout SAVED the shareholders. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #10

The shareholders prior to the bailout were crushed. Lucky Luciano Sep 2014 #17

Put him face down on the marble floor of his mansion and slap on the cuffs. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #11

TAlk about biting the hand that feeds you. JDPriestly Sep 2014 #13

This is exactly what I would expect from people without a moral compass. Rex Sep 2014 #14

the S&L crowd did not get away scot free. pansypoo53219 Sep 2014 #15