Pay Executive Street | Angry senator wants pay cap on Wall Street ‘idiots’

January 30, 2009 by frankls
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"You can't use taxpayer money to pay out $18 billion in bonuses," an angry Sen. Claire McCaskill says.Angry senator wants pay cap on Wall Street ‘idiots’
One day after President Obama ripped Wall Street executives for their "shameful" decision to hand out $18 billion in bonuses in 2008, Congress may finally have had enough.

An angry U.S. senator introduced legislation Friday to cap compensation for employees of any company that accepts federal bailout money.
Under the terms of a bill introduced by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, no employee would be allowed to make more than the president of the United States.

Read more Angry senator wants pay cap on Wall Street ‘idiots’ – CNN.com


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In return for joe the plumber's tax dollars being given to corporate America, the bonus system has been saved, but sadly joe lost his job due to a layoff.

Do you think joe feels proud knowing he saved the executives bonuses?

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