Instead, Mr Obama may seek to recoup the money, on behalf of taxpayers, by withholding an equivalent amount from the next tranche of bail-out money, some $30 billion, due to be paid to AIG.

• 取以代之，奥巴马总统可能会代表纳税人的利益，通过从下一笔将注入AIG的大概300亿美金中扣除这些发放了的红利奖金来追回。