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March 18, 2009: Obama Says AIG Bonuses ‘Inappropriate’

2009-03-18

US President Barack Obama attacks the payment of over $200 million in bonuses to top AIG employees (see March 15, 2009). As the company is being propped up by the government using public money (see September 16, 2008, October 8, 2008, and November 10, 2008), Obama calls the bonuses an “inappropriate use of taxpayer funds.” [Reuters, 4/17/2009]