AIGee, That’s a Lot of Money

Published March 18, 2009 1:52pm ET



AIG’s bonus bucks continue to stir outrage. Up next: AIG executive Edward Liddy testifies before Congress today. Cue the sanctimony! Secretary Geithner said yesterday that the Treasury will deduct the amount of the bonuses from the most recent AIG bailout. (Total spent propping up AIG so far: $200 billion.) But Geithner’s policy isn’t stopping congressional Democrats from plotting to tax the bonus money at absurdly high marginal rates. Krauthammer:

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