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Are We Bailing Ourselves Out?

by Josh Marshall
02.23.09 | 11:49 am

We already own 80% of AIG. Now they’re coming back for more.

And more to the point, who are the counter-parties that the money is going to go to once we give it to this company that has no value at all?

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