capitalism *is* fun :-)

In an unprecedented action, the US government has decided to start putting an end to all the corporate greed, people have been complaining about. On behalf of 305 million US citizens, the government has bought up AIG (NYSE: AIG) making every American man, woman, child, immigrant, terrorist, etc … a shareholder in AIG.
The deal was closed at a very good price for the investors, a total of 85 billion dollars. That’s $278.68 for each one. Now, the people OWN the corporation.

Keep an eye out on your mailbox! Soon, along with your next economic stimulus check, Christmas spam and foreclosure notice, you will also receive your AIG shareholder certificate printed on a unique 278.68 bill, which will only be printed on one side for economic reasons. To further help the economy, you are recommended to immediately contact a stock broker at Lehman Brothers, to help you place your shares on the market. Along with that, don’t forget to also open a few short positions, and some other exotic related financial instruments which you don’t understand, to help prop up the falling stock market. We personally advice you to invest part of your profits in a few long crude oil positions, to help drive up the price of crude oil, and help the struggling oil based Russian economy.