Haiku 032109

soiled clothes
leaves from autumn
on soggy ground

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Recently, we saw the following:

CNN: "Taxing the AIG $165 M Bonuses: Legal or Political Punishment"

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And we thought:

.... It's moral punishment! The people of AIG Financial Products tried to bankrupt the world, thanks to the lack of oversight during the Bush-Cheney era. And now, these same AIG FP executives are receiving "bonuses" out of taxpayers' bailout money?! ...