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This company is sick to the core. Never shy with handing over millions in bonuses or billions to friends such as Goldman Sachs to bail out their ridiculously bad deals, it appears as though AIG is less generous with individuals who deserved more. AIG deserves all of the harsh criticism that they receive and then some. From ABC News:

An Oklahoma man who lost an eye and a leg in Iraq says the giant insurance company AIG refused to provide him a new plastic leg and fought to keep from paying for a wheelchair or glasses for the eye in which he has 30 percent vision.

"They bought the cheapest thing that they could get away with," said 51-year old John Woodson, a truck driver for the KBR contracting firm who lost his leg when his truck hit a roadside bomb in Iraq.

"Everything's been a struggle, a constant fight," said Woodson, injured in Oct. 2004. "It's been hell since."
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