Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Well, the people who receive the bonuses will be paying taxes on them, that's for sure. If you're making millions, you're paying lots of taxes.


Don't be so sure about that! If you're making millions, there are usually creative loopholes that are there specifically for those making millions. And you can be sure that in this economic downfall that these people who are going to receive these bonuses will be claiming massive losses in their portfolios and will try and offset the taxes that they owe.


Besides, even if they pay 50% in taxes on the bonuses that they receive, it still leaves us, as taxpayers 50% in the hole. If a $500,000 bonus is given to them from our bailout money, and they wind up paying $250,000 in taxes on it, bottom line is we're still out $250,000.

This is really just outrageous. It's really becoming more and more of a fucking mess. And the sad thing is that companies like AIG see and know this and this is why they are basically telling us to go and fuck ourselves.



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