Art Levine, Huffington Post. March 25, 2009. There's a chance that the fury over those AIG bonuses and bungled bailouts may be channeled into real economic, labor rights and health-care reform.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 19, 2009. The Republican alternative -- a non-binding measure asking the Treasury Department to think of something -- was rejected. Imagine that.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 19, 2009. Elijah Cummings knew about $1 billion in bonuses for "months" ... why didn't Timothy Geithner?
Emptywheel, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 16, 2009. It sounds like Obama has told Tim Geithner to go back to Edward Liddy and explain that $100 million bonuses are unacceptable.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Chuck Collins, AlterNet. February 21, 2009. The American taxpayer, reeling from the economic meltdown, doesn't feel like subsidizing lavish jets and bonuses any more.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 11, 2009. Morgan Stanley and Citigroup's Smith Barney -- which will soon merge -- plan to reward their financial advisers with "very generous" cash bonuses.