[truthkeeper]

Just an observation.

A good one, too.

[cynicom]

innocent...From your post one must assume you have always been in the same position, financially, that you now enjoy. I for one hope you maintain such a life.

[Woodman]

I used $250K as an example. Some made much more some less, but regardless of that it is not that I think a business should have to take care of the families, just that they may have been lulled into a sense of security that didn't exist.

As for irresponsible Brokers; I have seen many in my day, people who couldn't make a mortgage payment if their bonus checks were a day or two late. I don't have a lot of sympathy for them, but their kids and spouses don't deserve to be dumped on.

One guy I knew who died was 29 with a wife and 2 young kids. I worked with his father for about seven years and the kid interned for me when he was senior in High School. Real nice family, but I bet he isn't as financially set as someone who owns their own firm. I don't think these people deserve "Payouts" but at the same time I wish you would not dance on their graves, it's hard to correct mistakes from the other side.