NEW : AIG will have to return bonuses given to executives , New York AG secretary says . Treasury paid seven people bonuses of more than $ 50,000 or more each , New York AG reports . New plan proposes retention bonuses would be subject to a at least 30 percent excise tax . Grassley : AIG is under fire for awarding the bonuses while being kept afloat by more than $ 170 billion from the U.S. government 's financial bailout . Plan would address taxpayer feeling of `` salt in their wounds ''
NEW : AIG will have to return bonuses given to executives , New York AG secretary says . Treasury paid seven people bonuses of more than $ 50,000 or more each , New York AG reports . New plan proposes retention bonuses would be subject to a at least 30 percent excise tax . Grassley : Plan would address taxpayer feeling of `` salt in their wounds ''