It looks like all the talk Obama did about AIG yesterday was nothing but a smoke-screen: President Barack Obama said Monday that he would “pursue every single legal avenue to block” $165 million in bonuses to American International Group Inc. employees who were in part responsible for the insurance giant’s near collapse. But hours later, […]
Claire McCaskill has come up with a novel idea – cap the bonuses companies that are receiving federal aide can pay out: Under the bill by McCaskill, an early endorser of Obama’s presidential candidacy, employees would not be able to make more money than the U.S. president — $400,000 a year — until their companies […]
The weather has been crazy this year, that is certain. With all the massive flooding in the Midwest, another weather problem seems to be – droughts in the South: Officials in the Oklahoma Panhandle are appealing for government aid to help with the effects of a drought that has harmed crops and livestock forage. “This […]