I weep for this country.

The Fed Money Machine Gears Up to Print Trillions

You talk about this "bailout" as if the Government is giving money away to AIG and not getting anything back. It is a loan and they are paying huge interest in return to the taxpayers. The taxpayers will make out. It is better that AIG survives, totally pays us back - plus interest, and stems the collapse of the financial system. Why would you want them to fail? Why wouldn't you want them to spend 25K to get in front of brokers who sold 200 Million dollars worth of their products. Why is the media so obsessed with making AIG the face of greed?!! This is not ENRON, they didn't steal. They insured a bad bet. This not Russia, the government gave a loan, now let AIG run their business and return to being a great American Company.