Bank Bonus Tab: $33 Billion
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124896891815094085.html
Our bank was not one of the ones who received bail out money (we were profitable and ranked one of the best banks in the country for customer service and satisfaction, formerly Commerce Bank of NJ), but you can be damn sure our share holders would not have allowed this. Reason being, our shareholders ousted the owner and founder of our bank, so they don’t take kindly to this sort of thing. I just wish the people who had stock in these banks would get rid of these golden parachutes and get someone in there who can run these banks profitably, so the offsett of bonuses are paid for out of bank profit, and not tax payer bail out money!