http://www.metafilter.com/tags/AmericanInternationalGroup Posts tagged with 'AmericanInternationalGroup' at MetaFilter. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:00:05 -0800 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:00:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75466/Screw%2DDisneyland%2DWere%2DGoing%2Dto%2Dthe%2DSt%2DRegis%2DResort%2DMonarch%2DBeach Last month (Sept. 16, 2008) the <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/the-ticker/2008/9/17/aig-the-biggest-bailout.html">American taxpayers bailed out </a>insurance giant <a href="http://www.aigcorporate.com/corpsite/">American International Group </a>(AIG) to the tune of $85 billion dollars. So, asked "what ya' goin' do now after the bailout?" top executives said "party it up at the <a href="http://www.stregismb.com/">St. Regis Resort Monarch Beach</a> (Dana Point, CA) for a week (September 22 - 30, 2008). Total costs? <a href="http://speaker.gov/img/AIGinvoice.jpg">Invoice: $443,343.71</a>. "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/aig-congressional-hearing_n_132614.html">$200,000 dollars for hotel rooms. Almost $150,000 for catered banquets. AIG spent $23,000 at the hotel spa and another $1,400 at the salon</a>." <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_1FO2bXrDE">Said</a> Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD): "<a href="http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1539">They were getting manicures, facials, pedicures and massages while American people were footing the bill. And they spent another $10,000 dollars for I don’t know what this is, leisure dining. Bars</a>?" tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75466 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:00:05 -0800 AIG AmericanInternationalGroup Bailout ElijahCummings StRegisResortMonarchBeach ericb