Thread: HOW CAN YOU NOT BE ANGRY???

Hey, AIG execs, you just got an $85 billion bailout from the government to help rescue your company. What are you going to do to relax, unwind, breathe that sigh of relief?

How about a trip to this luxurious spa?


Turns out, that's what they did. Ever since this financial crisis hit, economic terms like "dead cat bounce" are as popular in search as celebrities.

But reports that AIG's executives spent roughly $440,000 for rooms, banquets and spa services really got Web searchers looking for more.

Previous to the AIG trip, the Bora Bora St. Regis resort was the chain's most famous. It's where Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban had their honeymoon.

But now all eyes are on the St. Regis in California, where the AIG execs lived it up. And since it charges $350 a pop for massages, no wonder the tab added up quickly.

For a little perspective, the money these folks spent on just the banquets (about $147,000) is more than twice the median household income of Maryland, the highest-earning state in the country. And that's not even counting the costs they incurred at the resort's Vogue Salon.

How can you not be mad about such excess? Some CEOs are feeling our ire directly, like this CEO, who was punched in the face at the gym and knocked out cold.

Maybe he can find peace on his indoor squash court in his 20-room mansion. (Compare that to the current home of this financial wizard— a home bought in 1958 for just $31,500.)

photo of exec getting massage at link.


http://a-list.msn.com/default.aspx?cp-s ... %20retreat

Everyone is po'ed but what is anyone going to DO about it?

For some reason the only people that are held accountable for anything anymore are hardworking taxpaying American citizens!

My bet is that even if enough people demand action who is the leader that will listen?

Our society is morally bankrupt. And EVERYONE needs to do their part!

There are alot more POed Americans than there used to be which is good. BTW these jerks were planning another spa retreat at our expense and had to cancel because of all the publicity!

We did do something, we screamed and protested about the bailout and they did it anyway.

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

We did do something, we screamed and protested about the bailout and they did it anyway.

WE WILL NOT FORGET!