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HLS SHAREHOLDER GETS BAILOUT PROTEST

Tuesay, 3rd March

A quick glance at this morning's newspapers and we were in no doubt
where to do a demo!

AIG, shareholders in HLS to the tune of about 40,000, have just announced record breaking losses of over $60bn in the last 3 months, and over $70bn in the last year. Not only that, but they have been funded by the US tax payer by about $150bn with another $30bn due to follow. As if the US is a perfect country! The US have millions of people homeless, tens of millions of people who can't afford healthcare and tens of millions of people living below the poverty line, and yet it's AIG that get the help from the US government!!

As you would expect, the mood in the AIG building was less than jovial, and the last thing they wanted to see was a group of committed activists highlighting all their failings. Calls of "Spongers!", "Stop stealing from the US tax payer!" and of course "Sell your blood money shares!" rang out, while details were mentioned such as what that $70bn could have paid for.

Here are a few of the ways you could spend $70bn:

- give every person in Zimbabwe a cheque for over £5,000
- buy every person in Liverpool a £150,000 house
- stage the olympics... 5 times!
- pay for 6 months of the NHS
- give every unemployed person in the UK £25,000
- buy 14,000,000,000 (14 billion) HLS shares!! (because they're so
very very cheap right now!!)

AIG, you have no conscience, no morals and no responsibility. We
will be back time and again until you sell your HLS shares.

SHAC London