Showing posts with label House Oversight Committee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label House Oversight Committee. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Now, Back To The Current Time

Hope I made you feel good with the post just below this one.  But, it's time for a brutal slap back into reality. If Captain Kangaroo was an "upper", consider this your "daily downer".  Ah, but it is was just a "daily" downer. They seem to come much more frequently than that.

AIG executives went on luxurious retreat one week after receiving $85 billion bailout.

Today, the House Oversight Committee discovered that, just one week after the federal government bailed out insurance giant AIG, company executives went on a retreat to a luxury resort. The executives spent nearly $500,000 on manicures, facials, pedicures, and massages. During a hearing today, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) asked, “Have you heard of anything more [...]