Children’s Letters To AIG
The people in AIG’s Financial Products division might be feeling a little low about all the public criticism they’ve been receiving lately (after losing colossal amounts of other people’s money, being bailed out to the tune of 180 billion taxpayer dollars, and then receiving lavish bonuses on top of their lavish salaries). To cheer them up, a school in Texas had all of its fourth-graders break out the crayons and create cards with messages of sympathy and encouragement which were mailed to AIG headquarters in Connecticut and London.
According to the Washington Post, AIG’s employees were moved by the gesture; “There were more than a few moist eyes and tight throats,” employee Patrick O’Neill wrote back to the class. “To have reached out to us in such a heartfelt way is really a testament to your individual and collective humanity.” Sounds like there was a happy ending for everyone.
