What i think is both funny and ridiculous is how the media twists things. I work inside a corporate giant that has received several billion dollars of said "bailout" money. which everyone gets pissed and likes to say "so my taxpayer dollars are going to bail out a company ? let them go bankrupt!". For all of you I would like to clarify something, this said bailout money is also referred to as TARP. It is NOT free money, the institutions which receive such money are paying it back at a rate of 8% quite rapidly for some institutions might i add. It is a LOAN just as a financial institution loans money to you, Govt loaned it to them to provide money to you. Im not speaking on behalf of AIG's code of ethics, but i think many people need a reality check. In all reality, because of this hight interest rate the institutions are paying back it will actually result rather in benefits for taxpayers. Media would never mention this. So to anyone who wonders why the govt is "bailing" anyone out.... heres some clarity.