I tthink this is usually referred to as a "bitch slap"

[inthebrain]

In the US, Goldman Sachs is expected to announce bonuses totaling more than $20 billion, about the same amount as California’s state budget deficit. One analyst estimates that the average Goldman bonus will approach $600,000, and that some executives may take home more than $10 million. It is anticipated that Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley will together pay out $90 billion in 2009 executive compensation, with more than half in the form of bonuses.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jan2010/pers-j14.shtml


The real criminals wear suits.

[Lasher]

1. Well, as through this world I've rambled

I've seen lots of funny men.
Some will rob you with a six-gun
And some with a fountain pen.

[valerief]

2. And some with a microphone.

[boppers]

3. How much did the US make off of them?

What was the taxpayer's take?

[midnight]

4. "The real criminals wear suits" It certainly is starting to look like that....

[zbdent]

5. wasn't there a mafia guy who said that he was in awe of

Wall Street, when it came to organized crime?

[inthebrain]

6. I think you're talking about the Godfather.

[inthebrain]

7. The big five pay 90 bill in bonuses IN ONE YEAR

And it TAKES TEN to get that same amount back via the Bank Tax.

[Phx_Dem]

8. It's no a crime to pay outrageous bonuses. It's a moral atrocity, but

no laws are being broken. Sadly, the stockholders think it's just swell since they haven't ojected.

[inthebrain]

9. Of course it's no crime

The Banks get to write their own laws just like the rest of the capitalist class.

[leftygolfer]

10. how much? and now much for Haiti?

really?