It's the justification of the bonuses that I find hilarious. Because they need to be able to draw the "top talent," they need those kinds of bonuses as an incentive. And it's that top talent that made the very decisions that created the mess! And then took some of that bailout money and kept paying the bonuses...
It's the attitude that somehow they should "tighten their belts" while the rest of us chumps have to work for whatever our employers are paying, or not work at all. If the banks are paying smaller bonuses, well...that's what they're paying, and if you want to work, you have to suck it up like the rest of us. And we're STILL talking about bonuses that are several times more than what the average person makes in a few years.
It's the attitude that somehow they should "tighten their belts" while the rest of us chumps have to work for whatever our employers are paying, or not work at all. If the banks are paying smaller bonuses, well...that's what they're paying, and if you want to work, you have to suck it up like the rest of us. And we're STILL talking about bonuses that are several times more than what the average person makes in a few years.
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."