AIG Millionaire Bonus Recipients Are Upbeat About The Economy

AIG Bonus Recipients Upbeat About Economy
By Andy Borowitz
The Huffington Post
July 13, 2009

In a sign that the economic stimulus may be beginning to work, AIG executives who have received multimillion-dollar bonuses in recent days now say they are upbeat about the national economy.

"I was definitely feeling negative about the economy last year, when I lost the company billions of dollars and all," says Josh Harbock, an AIG executive who just cashed a seven-figure bonus check. "But now I'm starting to feel like things are beginning to turn a corner."

Mr. Harbock says that his consumer confidence has also taken a positive turn since receiving his bonus check, which totaled $5.4 million.

"I was tightening my belt the last few months, but now I think I'm going to buy a house in the Hamptons," he says.

But even though Mr. Harbock believes that the stimulus package has succeeded in sparking the economy, he feels that a second stimulus may be needed.

"Let's face it, my bonus check is not going to last forever," he says. "And frankly, I'd like to buy a boat."

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I know this is satire but damn it's the truth.

I'll bet I could make $5.4 mil last damn near forever.

When I hear about these multi-million bonuses awarded to crooked execs, I think about Jesus' parable of the foolish rich man, whose greed led him to acquire vast amounts of wealth but not share it with anyone, including God. One day God killed him and he couldn't take any of his wealth with him. And of course there's that famous saying of Jesus -- "It is easier for a rich man to pass through an eye of a needle than to enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

Even if you have no moral compass what so ever. Even better not to have one! Want to get filthy rich!? Make sure you leave good working values at the door. Not gonna get you anywhere with the elite jetset crowd.