ABSTRACT
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Former CEO of AIG Sues the Government over AIG Bailout
President Obama’s administration thought they were doing AIG and the banking industry a favor when they bailed out AIG for $ 130 billion. They expected flak from
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all sides, except one, AIG. So what did they learn? After three years of complaints no one likes bailouts. Not even, apparently, the people being bailed out.
