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Ya start poppin ya fingers and stompin your feet, and movin your body while you’re sittin in your seat

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There are many, many things to be upset about regarding the financial sector — but bonuses are not one of them. Or, at least not the most important thing to be enraged over.

We live in a capitalist system, where there are going to be winners and losers. Its not fair, but it is how it is. (…) What should you be upset about?

• Paying people in year one for risks that last years or decades;

• The “privatized gains, socialized losses” of the current system;

• Dramatically reduced competition in the Banking sector;

• The idea that “Too Big To Fail” is now an official policy of the United States;

• The “gifting” of $100s of billions of dollars to mismanaged banks that should have been allowed to fail in a controlled fashion;

• Bank lobbyists preventing any sort of credible regulation from passing…

{ Barry Ritholtz | Continue reading }





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