AIG,  Barack Obama,  Chris Dodd,  John McCain

Will Obama, McCain and Dodd Return Political contributions form AIG Employees?

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Oh those dirty AIG employees are up to no good again.

Really?

AIG employees kept doling out donations to politicians, including presidential candidate Barack Obama, after getting bailed out with federal funds last year, raising the question of whether those politicians will now return the money.

AIG executives gave more than $630,000 during the 2008 political cycle even as the company was falling apart

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign finance reports, more than $120,000 of that money was donated after AIG received its first $85 billion in federal bailout funds in September. The company has since received a total of $170 billion in taxpayer cash to prevent its collapse.

Their generosity included more than $23,000 to Obama’s campaign.

Both Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain raked in much larger sums from AIG earlier in the year. Obama collected a total of $130,000 from AIG in 2008, while McCain accepted a total of $59,499.

Exit answer: Don’t count on a refund.

But, look for this to be a campaign issue to be used against Senator Dodd in his 2010 race for re-election to the Senate.


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