[unreal37]

The accusation is that the government used AIG to bail out the rest of Wall Street, forcing AIG to settle trades with big name Wall Street companies for a loss. And on top of that, the gov't charged 14% interest on the money it lent.

Yes, they could have "not accepted" that deal. But there are two sides to this.

[rjtavares]

Trades that AIG took at fair terms. Sorry, but if an insurer insures something, it better damn well pay what it promised.