Hooray for AIG

Why’s Congress so upset that execs of AIG, after being bailed out by us, went on a way cool all expense paid trip to a California resort?  After all, they  (Congress) are the feckless lot that gave them the money.

It’s almost like the neighbor who comes over to borrow 10$ till payday because they’re broke and is next seen sucking nicotine down their gullet in the form of a cigarette.  They didn’t really need the money after all now, did they.  And it’s too late to get mad about the cigs.  But next time they ask for money, only a loon would give it to them.

So Congress gave the goofy, begging neighbor a bunch of money.  Good for AIG that they used $440,000 as wastefully as they could.  If Congress can waste ours when they give it away, it’s only just that it be wasted by the recipient too.

Or, to put it another way, if it’s ok for Congress to throw money away down a black hole of waste, it’s ok for AIG to do it too.  Heck, if I got bailed out by the government the first thing I would do with the windfall would be to take a round-the-world trip.