Slate: The real AIG scandal isn't the bonuses, it's that their counterparties are getting paid back in full. Boss Rush and Blubbering Bircher Beck def
March 18, 2009

Slate: The real AIG scandal isn't the bonuses, it's that their counterparties are getting paid back in full. Boss Rush and Blubbering Bircher Beck defended the bonuses.  

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