AIG got $85 Billion in a day, NJ...not so much
Funny how we can bailout a multi-billion dollar corporations, but fuck over Americans that are cold and homeless from Hurricane Sandy
Chronology of September 2008 liquidity crisis
On September 16, 2008, AIG suffered a liquidity crisis following the downgrade of its credit rating. Industry practice permits firms with the highest credit ratings to enter swaps without depositing collateral with their trading counter-parties. When its credit rating was downgraded, the company was required to post additional collateral with its trading counter-parties, and this led to an AIG liquidity crisis.
On the evening of September 16, 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank's Board of Governors announced that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York had been authorized to create a 24-month credit-liquidity facility from which AIG could draw up to $85 billion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_International_Group#Chronology_of_September_2008_liquidity_crisis