Jon Stewart Rips the Notorious AIG

Jon Stewart Rips the Notorious AIG

Everyone is outraged at the AIG bonuses, Jon Stewart points out these days that’s worth about as much as the company’s stock.

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Jon Stewart inadvertently parallels the argument of CNBC’s Rick Santelli with his assertion that the $165 million in AIG bonuses is but a fraction of what taxpayers have already paid for the company’s “sucking”. Stewart characteristically takes Chairman of the Fed Ben Bernanke to task for merely slamming the phone in outrage over the bonuses rather than creating a more transparent bailout in the first place.

Gabriela Resto-Montero

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Jon Stewart inadvertently parallels the argument of CNBC’s Rick Santelli with his assertion that the $165 million in AIG bonuses is but a fraction of what taxpayers have already paid for the company’s “sucking”. Stewart characteristically takes Chairman of the Fed Ben Bernanke to task for merely slamming the phone in outrage over the bonuses rather than creating a more transparent bailout in the first place.

Gabriela Resto-Montero

Check out more great Nation videos on our YouTube channel.

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