Has it really come to this?
People who wouldn’t get off their asses to protest earmarks and pork spending by congress that far exceeds the AIG bonuses are ready to attack the “greedy rich people” who have the nerve to accept a bonus that fulfills the obligation of a contract they signed.
Some idiotic senators and representatives grab a mic and point a damning finger at these true enemies of the state and some of us are ready to get out the pitch forks and torches.
From AP: AIG bonus outrage has employees living in fear
Pillars of the community are now pariahs fearing for their safety in a ritzy area of Connecticut home to many executives at American International Group Inc., hit with a backlash over bonuses it paid to top brass even as it accepted federal bailout money.
The payouts to executives appear to have helped put a face on the economic struggles the country faces, and the anger targeting AIG is palpable. Death threats have been pouring in since the brouhaha broke, the company said, and its workers are taking no chances.
“It’s scary,” one executive said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he feared retribution. “People are very, very nervous for their security.”
Corporate officials advised employees in a memo posted on Gawker.com to avoid wearing the company logo, in an effort to keep from drawing attention. Workers were also urged to travel in pairs at night and park in well-lit areas.
And typifying the preoccupation with the AIG payouts, a busload of activists plans to drive by executives’ houses Saturday in an attempt to deliver letters highlighting the strife of ordinary families in the recession and seeking solutions for economic recovery.
Reid, Pelosi, Obama, Frank, Dodd, Schumar, Ackerman and a host of other “leaders” saw the smoke and decided the most appropriate response was to strike a match and toss on some gasoline. All of this righteous indignation and disgust may serve as a smokescreen to hide the failings of our “leaders”, but at what cost?
Igniting a class war, whether to cover up for their own failure to regulate and provide oversight or to help push an agenda that requires a common foe for the rest of us to hate… you know, the “greedy, rich bastards who are stealing our money”… is not only unconscionable, it is very, very dangerous.
If any of these people are hurt on either side, the blood is on their hands.
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