Comments on: New York Times Opinion Piece on AIG “Retention” http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/ over 5 billion neurons served Sun, 06 May 2012 23:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Gould http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/comment-page-1/#comment-65984 Steven Gould Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:28:02 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/#comment-65984 What on earth is THAT supposed to mean? What on earth is THAT supposed to mean?

]]> By: Arleara Hayne http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/comment-page-1/#comment-65517 Arleara Hayne Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:40:35 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/#comment-65517 card check is nothing more than a <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama/" rel="nofollow">soft tyranny</a> card check is nothing more than a soft tyranny

]]> By: Yvonne Dailey http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/comment-page-1/#comment-65370 Yvonne Dailey Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:28:24 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/#comment-65370 I'm afraid my response to the bonus apologists is increasingly in sympathy with the protesters at the NYSE whose hand-printed sign read, "Jump you f**kers!" I’m afraid my response to the bonus apologists is increasingly in sympathy with the protesters at the NYSE whose hand-printed sign read, “Jump you f**kers!”

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/comment-page-1/#comment-65365 Ken Houghton Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:54:40 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2009/03/22/new-york-times-opinion-piece-on-aig-retention/#comment-65365 In my world, "retention bonuses" are what you pay when some shepherds the firm <em>through</em> its crisis. This is also the world of Simon Johnson (who is smarter than I am) and James Kwak. Unfortunately, it appears not to be the world of Tim Geithner--or, by extension, Joe Biden (via Jared Bernstein) or BarryO. In my world, “retention bonuses” are what you pay when some shepherds the firm through its crisis.

This is also the world of Simon Johnson (who is smarter than I am) and James Kwak.

Unfortunately, it appears not to be the world of Tim Geithner–or, by extension, Joe Biden (via Jared Bernstein) or BarryO.

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