a thought...when you are the owner of something, you take care of and maintain it to make you money...if the bonus were paid out in AIG common stock, NOT CASH, that would make the bonus recipients owners; if they company recovers from their (near criminal) behavior by their honest and hard work, they repay the US treasury first and they make money, then do they deserve a paycheck. the idea that these same yutzs are the best and the brightest, would make a maggot gag.