Cartoon Caption Contest: AIG and taxed bonuses
Congress just approved a 90-percent tax on some giant executive bonuses. What do you think this guy has to say about that?
Post your entry in the comment section below.
Entry MUST include your name and town to be counted in the contest.
Good luck and keep it clean!
We'll post the winning caption next Friday (March 27) along with 2 finalists. The winner will receive a signed color print of the toon with their caption in the word balloon.
Have fun---Walt
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AIG new acronym will be replaced with OMG to make up the other 10 percent not taxed.....
" If my bonus was a bag of doughnuts, I would have only the holes."
" taxation without representation, where have I heard that before."
" At least they did not give us our bonus this year in stock options."
My bonus is eco-friendly...it uses 90% less American tax dollars
Sorry America... that apology will be 90% more than what you will get from the government.
My bonus as eco-friendly...it uses 90% less American tax dollars..
Emmett Orlando Florida;
Hey that is a 10% profit!!!! Thanks Mom and Dad!!!
What kinda golden parachute is this? I swindled for a lot more!!!
Sean, Sacramento, CA:
"We need more TARP funds to cover an unforeseen expense!"
"I got the cat back in the bag"
OK !
So this is how they want to play!!!!
If I run for Treasury Secretary can I keep this?
OK !
So this is how they want to play!!!!
"How could you deceived me!"
or rather
"How could you deceive me!"
"Do you realize you are undermining the Capitalist System that made this country great?!"
" They haven't left me enough to Buy Even One Congressman ! "
OR
" There's a 90% Hole in My Golden Parachute ! "
OR
" 12 Trillion in Debt, and The Congress decides My Bonus is the Time to Discover Frugality ?"
Riverhead, NY 11901
" SO NOW Congress Decides that Greed Isn't GOOD ?"
OR
" AIG Didn't Stand for 'Always Incredibly Greedy' ?"
OR
" 10% Is Still Better Than Collecting UnEmployment ! "
The cashier asked me if I wanted a bag (for the loot), I said "No Thanks, I'm already married...to Uncle Sam".
And Senator Dodd said "While we're at it, I want that pinstriped suit you're wearing, your Italian shoes, your silk tie, your Cartier watch, your Mercedes Benz, your condo, your golf clubs, your cufflinks, your silk socks...."
I spent my whole life trying to stay out of this tax bracket.
"You hate me..... you REALLY hate me....."
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE !!!
WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT THINK,
THEY ARE TO BIG TO FAIL LIKE WE ARE !!!
Scott from Brooklyn
And just enough leftover to relocate to the tax-free Bahamas!
Just enough left to put down on a foreclosure property!!
Just enough left to put down on a foreclosure property!!
"Just enough left to put down on a foreclosure property. Yippee!!"
But we only called it BONUS, it was actually HUSH money, so naturally I keep it all.
There isn't even enough left over to sponsor Obama's bowling team.
Mom, I swear , it followed me home from school. Can I keep it? Please?
All I Got left is the bag!
There goes my Pro-Green initiative...
The government giveth, the government taketh away...
There goes my "Pro-Green" movement...
I knew the Dems were "Pro-Green" but this is ridiculous!
I can deduct this right?
What does the President expect me to do with only 10%... buy a ticket to the Special Olympics?
" MOMMY !!!!!! THEIR'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR, WAAAAAAA!"
" MOMMY !!!!!! THEIR'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR, WAAAAAAA!"
"MOMMY! THEIR'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR,WAAAAAA!"
Still doing better than Bernie's patsies.
" I will just double my bonus next year"
But I just bought a trophy wife
Maggie
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Do they actually think they'll get their money back? I don't even live in the States.
What me worry? I use tubo tax, it's not going to cost me a thing.
now will the tax bracket effect Rangel, Daschle, Dodd and Barney Frank? Or can they just say sorry and not pay...
"Not Fair!"
Lynne Greenspan
Mesa, AZ
"Not Fair!"
Lynne Greenspan
Mesa, AZ
And you still expect me to fix this mess?
They keep taxing me like this, I'm going to need another bailout!
You can keep this, but it will cost you more in the long run.
BUSHY NEVER DID THIS TO ME !!
They keep taxing me like this, I'm going to need another bailout!
(sorry - I didn't include my town the first time)
Come on now, my Lear Jet needs new tires!!
Only 10% for our efforts? How Un-American.
Not Fair! You renigged... Now that the American people think we were punished.. Hmmmm.. lets see... we still have $170 Billiion to play with..
Now I am REALLY against new taxes!
Dan Helming Maplewood NJ
You want to tax my bonus 90%? What nerve!
After the government takes 90% of my bonus I will only be able to afford to buy ONE house in the hamptons! How will I survive?
Gillette, NJ for above comment
Gillette, NJ for above comment
THE BUCKS STOP HERE.
VIRGIL,N.Y.
George Bush is my hero!!
George Bush is my Hero!!
Aww, come on! Can't I just hang onto this until President Obama nominates me to be the next Secretary of the Treasury?
"Now you've REALLY impacted our incentive toward success!"
Elena, Commack 11725
But this is 90% less than what I'm used too, and 90% more than what I'm worth!
That's the last time I buy a Congressman!
or
Good thing they don't know about the Cayman Islands account.
or
Without my bonus I may actually have to work for a living.
or
What's mine is mine. What's yours is mine too.
I'm shocked, shocked, that people have found out gambling has been going on here.
AIG and American Greed - Thanking American Taxpayers for all
their blood, sweat and tears - Revolution, anyone?
Kari Schumacher
9 Tariff Street
Sayville, New York 11782
I thought "people like us" were recession proof!
Bayside NY for above comment:
"But we only called it BONUS, it was actually HUSH money, so naturally: I keep it all."
90% bonus tax? Now I'll have to get another job at a company in a worse financial crisis so I can get an even bigger bonus next year.
OF COURSE!!!! WASHINGTON IS UNDERPERFORMING BUT THEY GOT THEIR RAISE. HOW ELSE WOULD THEY PAY FOR IT
Don't worry, we will just call it a salary adjustment for poor bookkeeping!
"OH, Come on!!! Bernie got to keep more than 10%!!!
George Bush Is My Hero!!
Holbrook NY
90% to the Feds?
But there won't be enough left over to pay
Patterson & Bloomberg their share?
90% to the Feds?
But there won't be enough left over to pay
Patterson & Bloomberg their share!
I guess this means I will be getting a BIGGER bonus!
I guess this means I will be getting a BIGGER bonus!
Hey! This wasn't in my CONTRACT!!!!
And you still expect me to fix this mess?
Or
You can keep this, but it will cost you more in the long run.
Jason Chin, Centereach, NY
I think we need more Federal Aid!
AIG to the American Taxpayers - thanks for the blood, sweat and
tears. Corruption always works best when it is legal!
AIG to the American Taxpayers - thanks for the blood, sweat and
tears. Corruption always works best when it is legal!
AIG to the American Taxpayers - thanks for the blood, sweat and
tears. Corruption always works best when it is legal!
AIG to the American Taxpayers - thanks for the blood, sweat and
tears. Corruption always works best when it is legal!
Sayville
Can I file this as a tax deduction in 2010?
But how am I supposed to stimulate the economy?
Bay Shore, NY for the Previous two comments
Uh, can I get a loan?
I aaaahh told my people that your people want it back.
I aaaahh told my people that your people want it back.
"My cousin gave me the bag ... I swear I didn't know what was in it."
Farmingdale, NY
"Uhhh, which way did he go George, which way did he go?" <-- From the cartoon with the dog and fox
or
"Doh, not in this one" <--Like Homer Simpson would say. its a play on words, get it. AIG didnt, haha
or
"But, but, but this is only $1.2 mil, what about the other $10.8 mil"
or
"Do you know how much it cost for an obnoxiouslly big house in brookville."
Joe M.
Merrick NY
I hope they can't see through this bag of chump change, what's really going on!
C'mon guys, don't cry. Let's remember the good old days when bonuses were earned and taken out of OUR profits, not from those poor working slobs.
O (h Mc) bommmmmar's lost the farm.
Aay Iiy Aay Iiy Geeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
And just this pittance left for me.
AAAAAy IIIIIIy AAAAy IIIIIy Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
O (h Mc) Boma's lost the farm.
Ay iiiiiiiiy aaaaaay iiiiiy geeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
And just this pittance is left for me.
AAAAy IIIIy AAAAy IIIIy Geeeeeeeeee.
Geneve Baley, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Government handouts came AFTER our contracts were signed!
Geneve Baley, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Government handouts came AFTER our contracts were signed!
But I'll be left with barely a million!
But..... How are we supposed to fly in our private corporate jets and go to Caribbean resorts...
They shouted "trick or treat" and gave me this!
This is outrageous! We barely have enough left to pay off Senator Dodd again!
Jeff Dodd
Indianapolis
NEXT TIME LET GEITHNER DO MY MATH.
CORTLAND,N.Y.
Hey, I earned this !!!?
Hey, I earned this !!!?
Hey, I earned this !!!?
What a Ripoff!!!
" I will trade you for what is in the bag, for what is behind congressional door number #2."
If I pay that tax, I will only have several million left. How can I live on that?
They shouted "trick or treat" and gave me this!
Jeff of Nyack New York
According to my new accountant 'H&R BLOCK' you Can't do this to me!!!
Why am I left holding the bag?
HEY WHAT THIS?? WE ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND WE EXPECTED TO FOOL YOU TWICE!!-LAST GUY UNDERSTOOD THIS PRINCIPLE!!--
HEY! WE EXPECTED TO FOOL U TWICE !! LAST GUY UNDERSTOOD THIS PRINCIPLE !
COME ON YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW THIS IS DOWN
RIGHT 'UNAMERICAN'
from Bayside NY:
Ok Ok as long as TG's gang credit this as another donation to the "Keep Mr Smith OUT of Washington Fund" and it counts as a deduction.
At least, I got the 10% of the money!
Well, there go your Campaign donations, not to mention my tax write-off.
from Center Harbor, New Hampshire:
"err!! These weren't bonuses, they were an advance in raises for next year, REALLY !!"
I said "Trick or Treat" and this is what I got.
Jeff Schwartz
Nyack, New York
THERE OUGHTTA BE A LAW!
Robert
Tomahawk, WI
"I'm not worried, in Monopoly that 10 percent always turns out to be more then you would expect!"
Holding me accountable, when AIG wasn't counting on Congress' accountability, shouldn't count...again!
Kathleen Newsom
Gretna, LA
joke's on you
Well, they say the two guaranteed things in life are death and taxes
uh oh,
I guess I know where the other 10% is going;
In the ground.
Geri O'Keeffe
St. James
SUCKERS......That still leaves me $5,000,000.
"Taxpayers, here's a down payment on our next bailout and subsequent bonuses".
Don't worry, I'll get the rest with the next infusion of money from the government!! We just have to hide it a little bit better.
Can I get an advance on my next bailout to pay for the taxes on the bonus???
Gotcha!
Looks like I'll be bailing out a dinghy instead of a yacht!
Steve in Smithtown
Anastasia; Mattituck, N.Y.
"How do you expect us to live? No one can survive on 10%!"
Anastasia; Mattituck, N.Y.
"How do you expect us to live? No one can survive on 10%!"
or
"Since I don't actually work for AIG anymore, how am I supposed to make ends meet on just 10%?"
"GREAT....YOU TELL MY WIFE
THE GOLD BIDET FOR HER
CHIHUAHUA IS ON HOLD!!!"
"The Feds giveth, and the Feds taketh away!"
Bill Mc. - Richland, MS
" I can't take this bag, it's not Gucci."
Bill Mc. - Richland, MS
" I can't take this bag, it's not Gucci."
We can't give you 90% back, we spent it all. Could you give us a loan?
Jim Lavery
Valley Stream, NY
"Now I get this back in our next bailout, right?"
Columbus, IN
"90%...wow, that's like almost half, right?"
"90%...wow, that's like almost half, right?"
Columbus, IN
"Okay, but I'm losing that stimulated feeling."
Columbus, IN
"Okay, but I have to say I'm losing that stimulated feeling."
Columbus, IN
"When I heard Obama was taking over AIG, I didn't know he meant 'All I Got'!"
Columbus, IN
Natalie B in Eight Mile, AL:
"I had nothing I tell you - NOTHING - to do with THIS bonus!"
Oh, c'mon. I'm sure we said, "No backsies!"
"Oh, c'mon. I'm sure we said, No backsies!"
"Am I supposed to give this directly to Senator Dodd?"
Columbus, IN
Mr. President, if I give back 90% of the money you gave us will
you give me back 90% of the money WE GAVE YOU??
Jim Lavery
Valley Stream
See? Congress is stalking us!
"See? Congress is stalking us!"
Rebecca Migdal, Brooklyn
I need to re-word my last entry:
"Mr. President, if we give back 90% of the money you gave us will
you give us back 90% of the money WE GAVE YOU??"
Jim Lavery
Valley Stream
Wait, you make up the rules as you go in order to benefit yourselves at someone else's expense?
Who do you think you are, US??
Jim Lavery
Valley Stream
Pumping billions of dollars into a money losing operation, allowing
$200 million for bonuses and then demanding it back? U.S. government,
YOU COMPLETE ME!
Jim Lavery
Valley Stream
This is what you'd call a stimu-LESS package!
Jim Lavery
Valley Stream
THIS IS AN OBAMANATION !!!
THIS IS AN OBAMA-NATION !!!
CHRISTOPHER JAKSEC
TAMPA FL
Maybe I can erase the 9.
Geri O'Keeffe
St. James, NY
"Where is Wylie Coyote when you need him most?"
or
"I don't think you get it - I helped implement a WORLDWIDE economic meltdown!"
or
"But I can deduct my racehorses, can't I?"
or
"WTF?"
Should we hide this in the "secret undisclosed location"?
Tax?! Where do I go to give my bonus back?!
Easy come, Easy go!!
Easy come, Easy go!!
Uh...uh...I can explain. This is Bush's cut.
OR
Uh...uh...I had to pay George back!!
OR
Uh...uh...It's "only" 90%!!
AIG bailout . . . . . $170 billion.
Bonuses . . . . . . $165 million.
We The People’s *outrage* . . . . . . Priceless!!
Now how will I afford my LIRR ticket and Metrocard?
"You can see this bag holding millions of dollars in government money meant to stimulate AIG's business and in essence help to better the economy in my hand, right?"
OR
"You can this big bag of money I'm holding, right?"
OR
"Oops!?!"
"No...no...no. You've got it all wrong. I was putting it BACK!!"
OR
"No...no...no...I was putting it BACK!!"
OR
"God only asks for 10%!!"
"I will gladly pay you Tuesday, for a 90% bonus today."
"It's just suppose to look like money. But, it's actually a new bowling ball for the President's next "Special Olympic" bowling game.
"Mr. President, I hid your bowling ball in this bag!"
"Mr. President, why such a puzzled look? I just hid your bowling ball in this bag! But, I did have to take other "stuff" out of it first."
"Uh...huh....busted??"
"I'll give you my bonus when you take it from my cold, dead hands!"
Jim Lavery
Valley Stream
"WE THE PEOPLE's outrage........Priceless!!!......my @SS!!!"
"Here's Pandora's bag."
Columbus, IN
"Where do I make the drop?"
Columbus, IN
Town: Chicago
Quote: "Don't worry! We'll get it back with the next bailout"
I earned it, I worked my 20 hours a week and did my mick jagger thing, I gave all those people shelter
The campaign's over, but I didn't realize you meant this kind of change!
The campaign's over, but I didn't realize you meant this kind of change!
Brenda Lewis, Wilton, CT
The campaign's over, but I didn't realize you meant this kind of change!
Brenda Lewis, Wilton, CT
Oh...I didn't realize you meant this kind of CHANGE!
Brenda
Wilton, CT
You talkin' to me?
Brenda
Wilton, CT
You super-sized this too?
Brenda
Wilton, CT
Where's the nearest toilet....
Where's the nearest toilet....
AIG ( All I Get) is 10% of the millions I received? So what,
I could be one of those unemployed?
People go to jail for less.
So who gets to keep the 90%?
"IS THIS FOR REAL?"
If 90% of the people have 10% of the money, and 10% of the people have 90% of the money, then why shouldn't a percentage of the 10% of the people who have 90% of the money have to give back 90% of the money and keep 10% of the money, when the 90% of the people who have 10% of the money are struggling to make ends meet because we 90% are sharing the 10%? Can you answer that for me? I know that the contest ended in February, but I had to put in my 2 cents. Besides, that's all that I had.
I thought that I had read on the previous page that the winner would be chosen in February. I went back and looked and it actually says March. If this is correct, then my hometown is El Reno, Oklahoma. Thank you very much. Tammy S.
Nix that last comment. Duh, this is already May. Thank you. Tammy S.
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