Protesters Visit Homes of AIG Executives
March 21, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Business
To get their message of anger across, a number of protesters headed to the homes owned by executives of American International Group. AIG executives have been in the news recently after reports indicated that they were to receive millions of dollars in bonuses despite AIG receiving more than $180 billion in federal bailout money.
Following a public outcry, it’s expected that the AIG executives will ultimately end up not seeing most of their bonus money. Going forward, the United States federal government says they will monitor bonuses closely for those companies that are receiving bailout aid.
Once arriving at the homes located in the state of Connecticut, the protesters read a note aloud and then placed the note in a mailbox of one of the AIG executives. That AIG executive, Douglas Polling, had decided earlier to not receive his scheduled bonus.
The approximately three dozen protesters were accompanied by photographers and reporters. In fact, there were reportedly more photographers and reporters on the scene than the number of protesters.
More AIG Protesters (Image: Flickr)
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