Did Uncle Sam really have to take a nearly 80 percent equity interest in the troubled AIG in return for the Fed's $85 billion line of credit to stave off bankruptcy, or will this marriage end up harming the company--and taxpayers--in the long run, wonders NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.property-casualty.com.

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