1.0 link 202921 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ciara-torresspelliscy/we-are-not-aig_b_202921.html Last week's TARP stress test results reminded us to ask ourselves: now that the federal taxpayer owns nearly 80% of AIG, are AIG's interests ours? We own a quarter of Citibank; does that mean the bank's desires are now in sync with ours? Is Bank of America -- currently afloat with $45 billion in taxpayer dollars -- now truly America's bank? In a word: No. The political interests of bailout recipients aren't necessarily consistent with public interest which is one...

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