They weren’t your tax dollars. He agreed to leave Goldman for Merrill (with the contract guaranteeing this severance package) before the bailout was even proposed, Merrill agreed to be sold to BoA before the bailout (triggering the $25 million severance), and Merrill has not received any bailout money. I don’t see how you can argue he has received your taxpayer money.
>>I don’t see how you can argue he has received your taxpayer money.<<
So they went broke paying his bonus (among other things) and then the government gave them money to pay their debts. Somehow that does not make me feel better about the Taxpayer Asset Removal Program.