"The event, at the Ritz-Carlton in California's Half Moon Bay, aims to "motivate and educate" about 150 independent agents who sell AIG coverage to high-end clients"
That's NOT YOU, American taxpayers!
Also see: AIG Executives Party in Style
Man, did you guys ever get poked in the pooper but good!!!!!!
"AIG plans to host meeting at Ritz" by Bloomberg News | October 9, 2008
NEW YORK - American International Group, castigated by the White House, Congress, and Barack Obama for hosting a $440,000 conference days after an $85 billion federal bailout, plans to hold another gathering for brokers next week.
The event, at the Ritz-Carlton in California's Half Moon Bay, aims to "motivate and educate" about 150 independent agents who sell AIG coverage to high-end clients, said spokesman Nicholas Ashooh.
AIG considered buying advertisements to explain its position, only to be told by public relations consultant George Sard that it would be "a really bad idea."
"To spend the taxpayer's money on an expensive ad campaign to apologize for how you used taxpayer money leaves you open to further attacks," Sard wrote in an e-mail to Ashooh. Sard, chief executive officer of New York-based Sard Verbinnen & Co., declined further comment.
Does the term UNABASHED ARROGANCE mean anything to you, AmeriKa?
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