Just a note......KAYAKERNC is correct in that the initial payment to AIG was in TARP 1 paid during the previous adminstration, but NOT THE BULK OF IT. ALSO, recall it was paid at the behest of the current President !! Not defending Bush here at all !!

Number two....everyone remember that the big stimulus bill that is causing all this grief was RAMMED through congress...those who opposed villified AND

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