How you would like it if your company reneged on a contract with you and decided not to pay you after you completed the work?..........
The courts are FULL of those! My son's employeer is reneging on a contract with 50 pilots (not a union either). Their paychecks are being held UNTIL they sign a NEW contract. That part is called duress... it's against the law too.
AIG (and others) are under a huge microscope, they need to act accordingly. I don't think AIG should be allowed to fail because it would take down too much of the financial structure and further damage the economy, but I sure as hell don't agree they should get cart blanc with the taxpayers money either!! The 90% tax idea is a slippery slope too, I am not to hot on that concept either.
