The Washington Post broke the story, but it's the only paper not to lead with " bailout king" AIG's plans to pay out about $165 million in bonuses to 400 employees in its financial products division. Yes, the New York Times reminds us, that is "the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year". Or, as the Los Angeles Times puts it, the division that "created trillions of dollars in murky financial obligations," leading to government fears that "the entire financial system might collapse." 

 This Open Call literal.  The phone numbers are below.  Call 'em up and then blog about how it went.  I've already tried them several times today, but apparently they don't work on St. Patty's.  So tomorrow...it begins.

Be firm.  Be flirty.  Be vicious.  Be Bert or Ernie or James Earl Jones...however you want to play it.  Remember that if you are a US Citizen, your elected brokers in DC bought you an ownership stake in this company (and several times over, at that).  It's you who backs the paycheck for the person on the other end of the line.  So take no guff.

Good luck.  Have fun.  You kids be safe.

AIG Financial Products Corp.
50 Danbury Road
Wilton CT, 06897
Tel: 203-222-4700
Toll Free: 800-248-SWAP
Fax: 203-222-4780

 

• James F. Orr III, Chairman 
• Stephen F. Bollenbach 
• Dennis D. Dammerman 
• Suzanne Nora Johnson 
• Virginia M. Rometty