In other words... AIG has made offers to other countries to sell them the "non American branches/firms to those countries ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN TAX PAYER. This is done so the CEO's owe less money to the Tax payer, but the tax payer is still inclined to pay up. This is another Financial Terrorist operation, I believe this falls under the same category as the Weapons of Mass Destruction on Wall Street, such as Collaterialized Debt Obligations and Credit Default Swaps. This operation is performed to create an illusion for the financially unaware (the general masses) to think the CEO's are "doing a better job" and or making it seem like the CEO's are no longer in bed wit hthe Wall Street Financial Terrorist and the Banksters. How ever, this is far from the truth, and this Financial war is far from over. To put it shorty (if you feel the need to explain this to some one who does not understand) your ignorance and compliance are being subsidized and sold SHORT in a rational matter that only a psycho path would understand in order to try and pay back the debt we owe other countries, while, at the same time, putting YOU the tax payer in even more debt as well as the company (in this Case AIG) in further debt to the tax payer.

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