oh, but they really should....

An article I read tonight made me smile until I reached the end...

Sen. Charles Grassley is so angry over AIG bonuses that he says the executives should resign or kill themselves.

In a comment aired this afternoon on WMT, an Iowa radio station, Grassley (R-Iowa) said: “The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better towards them if they’d follow the Japanese model and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say I’m sorry, and then either do one of two things — resign, or go commit suicide.”

In response to a POLITICO inquiry, Grassley spokeswoman Jill Gerber clarified Grassley’s comments, saying “clearly he was speaking rhetorically – he meant there’s no culture of shame and acceptance of responsibility for driving a company into the dirt in this country. If you asked him whether he really wants AIG executives to commit suicide, he’d say of course not.”

“Point being, U.S. corporate executives are unapologetic about running their companies adrift, accepting billions of tax dollars to help, and then spending those tax dollars on travel, huge bonuses, etc,” Gerber said.

Grassley’s statement was the most over the top among the many expressions of outrage Monday, as the White House and Congress struggle to figure out how to recoup $165 million in bonuses from AIG, which has received more than $170 billion in federal bailout funds.

If this is true-the only real difference between us is that I wouldn't recant the statement (and this is why I'd never make it in an elected position). Why reward the greedy while we all struggle?

Maybe Obama should look to replace the greedy asshats in charge at AIG or nationalize the company and make them work for peanuts (and if they quit?...who cares). Or I'll chip in a few hundred dollars to watch the greedy bastards disembowel themselves. The problem is that another greedy bastard will replace him...and maybe the replacement bastard has more tricks up his sleeve. Be careful of what we wish for-we just might get it.

It's far too easy to rip off the average American taxpayer in this country...and this taxpayer is growing tired of mediocrity in government. It's good to see the old guys in the Senate get riled up about something.