Those people who helped cause this mess, and the companies that hired them should be “punished” by closing their doors. Our esteemed leaders decided some were too big and important to fail, and threw billions of dollars at them WITHOUT any strings attached. Lucky us!
Yet, these yahoos have contracts to protect their dumb asses. Right or wrong, the government nor any of us have the authority to void those contracts. Do I like that some greedy idiot is draining 25 million out of a business that is on the ropes bad enough to need a government bailout? Hell no! But then again, do I want some government goober to come along and tell me that I can't pay a key employee what I think he's worth long before I'd ever need a government dime, then Hell no twice! Remember, these WERE private companies when they hired these people at these mind boggling salaries/bonuses.
This is an unfortunate situation, and while I hope most of these excesses like the 35K toilet are the exception, these people are OWED these funds. All the screaming and teeth gnashing won't change that. The companies that hired them owe it. Are these companies supposed to just blow off their obligations just because the government decided they were too important to fail?
Zer0 getting everybody in an uproar over this is just another step in the “off with their heads” class war that he needs to happen to implement his new world order in this country.
Really, I was informed on this forum and by Sen. Corker that the government has the right to void union contracts... How is this different.