Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts

To: Progressive Economics <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts
From: Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:48:58 -0700
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raghu wrote:
> That aside, you really think the 2008 AIG bonuses is really an issue
> worth fighting over? Now, if we are talking about clawing back bonuses
> from all Wall St firms getting bailed out, say from 2005 onwards, that
> would be a different story and definitely worth fighting for. But
> this?

it's possible that this fight against the AIG crooks could be the
start of a bigger effort. If it's popular (as seems likely) that could
encourage further pressure on the political establishment, which could
cause Obama _et al_ to be marginally more liberal in their policies,
etc.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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References:
- [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts
  - From: Doug Henwood
- Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts
  - From: mike
- Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts
  - From: Carl Dassbach
- Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts
  - From: raghu

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- Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts, (continued)
  - Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts, mike Tue 17 Mar 2009, 16:04 GMT
    - Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts, Carl Dassbach Tue 17 Mar 2009, 16:16 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts, raghu Tue 17 Mar 2009, 18:11 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts, Jim Devine Tue 17 Mar 2009, 18:19 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] AIG: screw the contracts, Dan Scanlan Tue 17 Mar 2009, 18:20 GMT
- Re: [Pen-l] As capitalism stares into the abyss, was Marx right all along? ( Yes), Jeffrey Fisher Tue 17 Mar 2009, 14:22 GMT
  - Re: [Pen-l] As capitalism stares into the abyss, was Marx right all along? ( Yes), Jim Devine Tue 17 Mar 2009, 15:48 GMT
    - Re: [Pen-l] As capitalism stares into the abyss, was Marx right all along? ( Yes), Jeffrey Fisher Tue 17 Mar 2009, 14:52 GMT

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