US: AIG Bonuses (Gallup-3/17)

Gallup Poll
3/17/09; 1,012 adults, 3% margin of error
Mode: Live Telephone Interviews

National

Next, turning to reports that insurance company AIG , one of the companies that received bailout money from the federal government, is paying bonuses to its executives, how do you, personally, feel about these bonuses- outraged, bothered, or not particularly bothered?

59% Outraged
26% Bothered
11% Not bothered

Which comes closer to your thinking about this matter-- [ROTATED: the government should not intervene because the AIG bonuses were part of existing contracts in place before the bailout money was given to AIG, (or) the government should take actions to try to block or recover any bonuses paid to AIG executives because the company was given government bailout money]?

17% Government should not intervene
76% Government should try to block/recover bonuses

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