Peanuts

$165,000,000 in contractual bonuses is to be subtracted from the $30,000,000,000 of a total $180,000,000,000 to be loaned to AIG by the U.S. Federal Government.

Let's lose some zeroes, shall we?

$300.00
- $1.65
_________
$298.35

In the big picture, that's chump change. Peanuts, really. It's more about the perception of rewarding the people who put, not only the United States, but the entire world in the economic climate we're in now.

You can add the zeroes back now, for that added sting. Owwch...