You'll notice that airy-fairy things are on the top of the triangle. Sure, interior decorators need the stuff at the bottom, but in the current economy the rest of us need their services like we need non-standard hole in the head.

You can make the argument that appropriate interiors, art, etc, are crucial to living, but not before food, shelter, clothing et al. Sorry, folks, but keeping the interior decorators (or whatevers) employed is, at best, a lame rationale for Wall Streets bonuses with our taxes. We're not getting anything from it, and since you're spending my money, I want something besides chic penthouses for other people. I'm just funny that way.

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> success: pay yourself whatever you want

> failure: go home

> taking government money and paying yourself whatever you want? priceless

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Not sayin' it's right. Just sayin'.

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Don't middle and low income people spend that money, too? Or do they have a big hole or something that they keep it in?

It seems kind of unreasonable to say that a person might suffer a significant detriment to his quality of life if he's only making $112k a year--and since the money that we spend is getting spent (again) one way or the other, is it so unreasonable to think it ought to go most towards people whose quality of life will be harmed by a lack of funds?

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All these people are being sent into an unemployment rate that is at 9% and growing (in our state). If they choose to fight for a position at this employer, they will have to bump someone off who is lower in seniority. And still, they keep their huge bonuses (and yes, by now we all know what their bonuses are, and they are big.)

We waited thru the massive housing overpricing, for years, in order to be able to buy a house within our means. We waited to start a family until we were in a decent financial position. Just as we were starting to put an offer on a house, he gets laid off. I am sure we are not the only ones who have been crushed in the past by a shitty market and and keep getting crushed even more now. And still these assholes keep their bonuses. I realize this is not all about us. It's about thousands of us who can't catch a break as long as these guys are allowed to abuse the system. But yeah, let's still hope trickle down is the answer.

And....GAH. I can't believe I just read this post. I hope they all choke in their bonuses.

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Each bank handed money should do so based on a list of conditions, and someone should be appointed to make sure those conditions are met. Instead, you get the 50M private jets, million dollar offices and 4M company retreats.

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