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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:20 AM Original message |
Wall Street Bonuses; Do U Agree? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, I do. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Let's just say that the lowest of those bonuses |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have a negative bent on the bonus phenomenon. |
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Torgo Johnson (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree but, |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. The best way to deal with it is to tax them. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Sure tax them and it will get looted by HAL, the rest of the * cabal, |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. huh??? what are you talking about???? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Definitely fix number one first |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. how about do both so we are not in a deeper whole than we are already in |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Doing both is fine. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Well, I am operating under the assumpiton that the war is over. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. My apologies...not intended to be snide, but I hope |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I'm pretty sure that |
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gWbush is Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm fine with it. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. I play the lottery to get a shot at the equivalent of one guy's bonus |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. Those bonuses are a marvelous incentive to criminal activity. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. No I don't. It represent the ultimate of greed |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. You got that right! nt |
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flobee1 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. CEO's -no way |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. You don't know what trading is.... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's obscene. But, it's a very public obscenity. |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. I agree with the poster above, it is obscene |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think bonuses of those amounts are ridiculously high.... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. Such obscenely inequitable 'compensation' is a symptom of a profoundly BROKEN economic system. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. I Don't Because The Impact These People Have. . . |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. "a phenomenon over which they exert zero control." |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. A Good Adjunct, Nut |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. It is fair |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Thanks for the information, I looked up donors from Goldman and |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Your welcome...always glad to talk about this... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. Are they connected to outsourcing? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Goldman made most of its money on |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Thanks. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. It is pretty universal. Fixed Income, Commodities, M&A are |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Goldman Sachs CEO Paulson Major Republican Donor |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Color me naive, but what exactly did they do to earn these bonuses? |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Only if I'm getting one. |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's a Wall Street bonus bonanza -- USA Today - Good Article |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. i see no reason to not 'agree' with it |
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