Ok what is he bigger picture? The fact that people who royally screwed up are getting ridiculous bonuses from the AIG bailout? And if AIG is coming back and asking for even more money, doesn't really prove to me that those brilliant people are making the correct decisions yet or that their expensive meetings are paying off.
Now remember, many people here blasted the automakers and their CEO's for their bad decisions. Why is this right? Damn, those same automaker got blasted for showing up to a congressional meeting in private jets. Yet, these people pissed away more money. And again, it's ok? What a double standard.
And you want to talk about ripple effect. What about all of those companies that deal with the automakers, they will all be crushed if they go under. Yet again that's ok. Don't worry about that ripple.