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I think this guy should be Romney's running mate. CBGLuthier Jun 2012 #1
poor widdle CEO making much more than insurance median CEOs - $7.2 million/yr. vs. $4 million wordpix Jun 2012 #19
Maybe if we didn't have to fork over $190 billion to save your fucked up company BeyondGeography Jun 2012 #2
+10000 Absolutely wordpix Jun 2012 #20
Including $36 Billion for French and German banks tied to AIG's mess. Octafish Jun 2012 #38
Don't hold back now, tell the man what you really think! BTW, I agree 100%. freshwest Jun 2012 #40
And where will Delphinus Jun 2012 #49
"from his seaside villa" Myrina Jun 2012 #3
Yeah "It would sure make the payments easier on this seaside villa if ... Ganja Ninja Jun 2012 #17
I'm sure he will work until he is 80. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #37
Thanks for speaking out loud waddirum Jun 2012 #54
I wonder how many people over 65 have been hired by AIG this year? Lasher Jun 2012 #4
Staying on at 68 … what a guy the_chinuk Jun 2012 #5
Let him work until 80. Perhaps as a roofer or dishwasher. Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #6
Let him work this kind of jobs for a full month RIGHT NOW. DetlefK Jun 2012 #9
Yep. Exactly. I work in front of a PC all day... Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #12
Work in front of a PC all day until you are 70 and wait to see what your back feels like. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #26
I worked in front of a computer all day up till I was 71. RebelOne Jun 2012 #35
If you're sitting in a cramped position, you're "doing it wrong". boppers Jun 2012 #43
Try to explain that to your boss when you miss a deadline. That's the problem, JDPriestly Jun 2012 #46
If you work for a shitty boss, you are fucked. The field doesn't matter. boppers Jun 2012 #47
He must have forgotten about his own mortality. Beacool Jun 2012 #7
Maybe he knows he won't have to keep working. boppers Jun 2012 #44
evil bastard must think he can transfer his wealth to the afterlife... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #45
I'll be happy to work until I'm 80 bupkus Jun 2012 #8
Says the 68-year-old from his sea-side resort in Croatia. shcrane71 Jun 2012 #10
Isn't that just sickening!! Beacool Jun 2012 #14
Sickening, short-sighted, and just plain dumb... shcrane71 Jun 2012 #22
This from the guy whose company received huge tax breaks in addition to the bailout suffragette Jun 2012 #11
This story is ripe with silkscreen/photoshop possibilities. closeupready Jun 2012 #13
Insanity. nt BlueIris Jun 2012 #15
Complete insanity defined ... Mika Jun 2012 #16
If your dad is rich, rich, rich and 70, work is merely a burden that JDPriestly Jun 2012 #28
"the average retirement age of American workers hit 67" ---Benmosche's time is up wordpix Jun 2012 #18
these clueless wonders are the type of people they are hiring as CEOs newspeak Jun 2012 #21
Being a CEO no longer takes talent ut oh Jun 2012 #25
They're not clueless IDemo Jun 2012 #32
ah yes, force everyone <80 years old to re-enter the workforce... renegade000 Jun 2012 #23
The question is not how much longer Benmosche plans to stay on in his soft job JDPriestly Jun 2012 #24
Let's see . . . Brigid Jun 2012 #27
you forgot the tar and feathers wordpix Jun 2012 #30
Where are those damn guillotines I ordered??? Odin2005 Jun 2012 #29
I keep this graphic handy for the inevitable. onehandle Jun 2012 #31
I'm afraid those are backordered until August 2015 IDemo Jun 2012 #33
LMAO! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #41
They can't stand that Europeans have a better life than Americans lovuian Jun 2012 #34
Arbeit macht frei. WinkyDink Jun 2012 #36
... and yet the company I work for just canned 35 people ... Myrina Jun 2012 #39
Wow! rich douche bags have no clue. sarcasmo Jun 2012 #42
"They will keep people working longer and will take that burden off of the youth.” Duer 157099 Jun 2012 #48
take that burden off of the youth." DonCoquixote Jun 2012 #50
Not only are people now working two jobs, if they can find them, to survive aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #51
Eighty is the new Sixty! yellowcanine Jun 2012 #52
Thereby shutting an entire generation of young people out of the labor market KamaAina Jun 2012 #53
Actually, he didn't. Beacool Jun 2012 #55
Not much need for higher productivity when there is no demand for the product of that labor. 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #56
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