But As For Me notes that the guarantee of bonuses to AIG was specifically (thanks to Chris Dodd) written into the stimulus bill, you know, the one Congress had to immediately rush through to “keep the economy from collapsing” (via Jim Geraghty).
As if your blood wasn’t boiling enough over this issue, Jim VandeHei at The Politico promises to make it rise even more with this one:
I mean, just a couple of weeks ago, Obama spox Robert Gibbs was confident the administration knew where AIG’s money was being spent:
We’re all supposed to “tighten our belts” and do the best with what we have, but the federal government, OTOH …
The Politico’s got a must-read up this morning on what they call Rep. John Murtha’s “earmark factory.” Here’s a snippet:
