I admit it, I don’t like people much, and a lot of it is because if you give people a chance to “oversee” themselves, nine out of ten times, they give in to temptation.  And since EVERYTHING is run by people, there is NO chance that this ever gets fixed.

Capitalism MAY be the best system in the world, but its HARDLY beyond critisizm and the DOWNSIDE is a whole bunch of dishonest greed.  The people to blame for this are too many to mention.

Whether you agree that the pay is too much or not, the best cure would be to simply pay them with a monthly check or some other typical method of recompense instead of a “bonus.”

The real problem is that the government, or the slob sitting next to you, thinks that they should be empowered to tell you what you should earn or what you are worth.  Like anything else, your services are worth not a penny more than someone is willing to pay for them.  If AIG decided that was reasonable, and the employee agrees, the deal is done.  I mean, when do they start going after the compensation of lesser paid employees at AIG?  If a middle manager makes $75K, and it is more than I make, should I demand that he return the difference because we bailed them out?

This stinks of socialism/Marxism/communism.

But did you also know that group – the top 1/2 percent of earners – contribute more than 35 percent of the income taxes paid to the federal government?

So, how much is enough? At what point do you think that earners should just route the excessive pay directly to the government? Serious question. How much?

Best be careful. These top earners might just make so much money that they could stop working and live off their savings.

I know you feel it is just wrong to make this kind of money, and that really is an important distinction between a liberal and a conservative.

Nuff said on this subject unless something new comes up.

These retention bonus contracts were set up so people who completed their work – let’s say three months ago – did not get the retention payment until a future date. I think it was March 13 right?

As an example, you sign on to do a six month “wind-down” of a specified number of accounts. You’re told that this is a dead end job and when you are done, there is no more job for you. You do your work and untangle the mess you have been assigned to untangle. You’re done early (or in six months… whatever) but in the contract it says you will not be paid until March 13.

At least that is what it looks like to me, and to many others who have actually completed some research on the subject. If I’m wrong on this – let me know. But from what I understand, the employees who got their retention payment on March 13 and left months ago had completed their work and had to wait until March 13 to get the payment.

In all honesty, I don’t know, just as I don’t know how I would have responded to combat.  I have been lucky enough not to have confronted a situation like this.  But this isn’t the point.  He has every right to quit.  But he quit in a very public way.  He put himself out there.  I responded.  You didn’t like my response and here we are.