Billions were given to Wallstreet firms as bonuses, maybe they could give some to Wisconsin

[young_at_heart]

BONUS season on Wall Street:
1. If it’s a good year, big bonuses are on tap as a reward.
2. If it’s a bad year, big bonuses are necessary to retain “top talent.”

JP Morgan Chase set aside almost $10bn for basic pay and bonuses in its investment banking division.

Goldman Sachs bankers to receive $15.3bn in pay and bonuses.

Citigroup will pay some top executives millions of dollars of cash bonuses if its core operations earn at least $12 billion before taxes over the next two years.

[valerief]

1. GIVE is not in their vocabulary. Now, TAKE is something they're very familiar with. nt

[Clyde39]

2. Instead of five homes, maybe they could manage with just four

Or they could give up the diamond encrusted dog collar for Rover.

[roxiejules]

3. They should be required to 'bail out' the pension funds -

only seems fair.

[Initech]

4. We should tax these obscene bonuses the same way we tax lottery winnings.

[saras]

6. Well, no. Lotteries are won fair and square.

We should tax these bonuses like we treat the profits of any other large-scale criminal enterprise.

[Dawn40]

5. Where is the outrage?

Teachers, police, firemen and public services are getting the heave-ho but these people get a pass!

[Canuckistanian]

7. They spend more than that on drycleaning every year

Tobin Tax them.

[Generic Other]

8. They wanted to save the banks

They want to destroy the middle class. They don't need us. All they need in the new global economy is a worker who will work for slave wages and poor conditions. Just like the Grapes of Wrath. Always a new worker somewhere.

[young_at_heart]

9. I think this downturn began with Reagan

We've been headed in the wrong direction for far too long.