Comments on: Guess who’s going to pay retention bonuses?

By: MishMashZone » Will There Be Outrage Over Fannie & Freddie Bonuses???

MishMashZone » Will There Be Outrage Over Fannie & Freddie Bonuses??? — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:17:50 +0000

[...] Also see Hot Air [...]

By: Obama Outraged Over Executive Bonuses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac « Sockpuppet Politic

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:17:18 +0000

[...] Ed Morrissey reminds us that he pointed out this bonus plan 2 weeks ago and adds a little extra about Geithner’s qualifications. [...]

By: ThereGoesTheNeighborhood

ThereGoesTheNeighborhood — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:58:13 +0000

We all know there will be no bonus outrage over FNMA/FRMC…

By: Jvette

Jvette — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:44:31 +0000

I’m exhausted from the sheer stupidity.

Black Adam on April 3, 2009 at 3:17 PM

And as Rush said this morning, we have FOUR more years of this.

By: hillbilly

hillbilly — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:16:55 +0000

Hope the TEA PARTIES grow to huge gatherings. Maybe the pitchfork would be a sign the big O would understand, since he used it with his talk with the bankers. Make him aware that government is not exempt from the peoples anger either.

By: Del Dolemonte

Del Dolemonte — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:32:43 +0000

The President told the bankers:

“My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”

radio moscow on April 3, 2009 at 2:38 PM

The politics of fear.

Bush would be proud of him.

By: NoLeftTurn

NoLeftTurn — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:10:43 +0000

willful blindness and abject stupidity

To be fair, this is a distinct possibility.

By: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expect to pay about $210 million in retention bonuses to 7,600 employees over 18 months..As Congress Adjourns For Easter Break | Right Voices

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:35:20 +0000

[...] Just in time for Spring Break! [...]

By: jeanneb

jeanneb — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:28:28 +0000

If the media had ANY integrity whatsoever they would be clamoring to interview one senior administration official WHO GOT A GIGANTIC RENTENTION BONUS….when he was an INVESTMENT BANKER:

Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel.

Per the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/politics/04emanuel.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

Tax returns Mr. Emanuel released while first running for office and reported in news articles, along with Congressional financial disclosures, reveal his steep financial ascent while working at Wasserstein [investment bank]. He earned more than $900,000 in 1999, his first year at the firm; nearly $1.4 million in 2000; and $6.5 million in 2001, when he left the firm in midyear to run for Congress. He collected $9.7 million more from the firm in deferred compensation in 2002.

Mr. Emanuel’s annual salary was not especially large but his hefty paydays came from bonuses for the business he brought in, as is customary in investment banking, along with the company’s sale in 2001 to the German Dresdner Bank, which allowed him to benefit from an equity stake, as well a large retention bonus paid to him based on his prior performance.

Now you know why Rahm’s not giving any interviews (well, except for maybe a puffball with Larry King).

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:52:30 +0000

Life was even better and full of hope and change.

rsl775 on April 3, 2009 at 3:44 PM

Be sure and inform them that their share of “Hope and Change” is only going to them $163,000 each.

By: Friday’s Picks :: Daily Uprising

Friday’s Picks :: Daily Uprising — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:48:16 +0000

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By: rsl775

rsl775 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:44:55 +0000

I know liberal members of my extended family that put their money in Fannie Mae because they were told by the investment counselors that it was impossible to lose any money because the government guaranteed all investments in this organization 100%. That is all they needed to know or cared about. The rest of their time they spent watching The View and Katie telling them all they needed to know about life in America. Other than that it was dinner at their favorite restaurant and maybe off to the Casino for a little gaming. Life is good. When it was time to vote Barbara and Katie had decided for them all they had to do was get to the polls and pull the lever. With early voting they could get that out of the way early and before the rush. Life was even better and full of hope and change.

By: unclesmrgol

unclesmrgol — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:40:17 +0000

The only thing that stands between them and the pitchforks is the Obama Administration and an idling bus.

By: Seven Percent Solution

Seven Percent Solution — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:37:37 +0000

Can someone please tell me………

…….. why this video isn’t being played on a very big screen?

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:26:30 +0000

Dumb = Fannie/Freddie Bonuses

Dumber = AIG Execs who gave back their bonus.

Anyone wanna try for dumbest?

By: marklmail

marklmail — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:25:54 +0000

Guess who will be donating a little more to the libs this year?

By: rockmom

rockmom — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:21:47 +0000

This hacks me off to no end. I worked for a big mortgage company that started losing money at the end of 2006. The company eliminated ALL bonuses for the entire year, even though we made money until the fourth quarter. It cut my total income by one-third, with no warning. Some senior executives lost bonuses of a million dollars. After a bunch of high paid managers quit and the senior management was replaced, bonuses were restored for 2007 but they were very small, less than one-third what we had received for 2005.

There is nowhere else these Fannie and Freddie people can go now. It’s ridiculous to assert that ANY of them will leave without a retention bonus. Anyone in this industry that has any job now is damn lucky and glad to have it!

By: Black Adam

Black Adam — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:17:14 +0000

I’m exhausted from the sheer stupidity.

By: bikermailman

bikermailman — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:16:14 +0000

I’m outrageously outraged!!

/TOTUS

By: SKYFOX

SKYFOX — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:12:40 +0000

I didn’t give a rat’s vertical crease about the AIG bonuses and I only care about these as an example of the rank hypocrisy of the politicians who used AIG for political cover. They are scum and what they truly deserve I cannot say for fear of being banned by our beta-male-in-chief.

By: Doctor Zero

Doctor Zero — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:06:29 +0000

Inescapable lesson to all big business executives: spend less on production, research, and design. Instead, invest in lobbyists and politicians.

That ought to get our economy humming again.

By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:57:15 +0000

MSNBC is going high-def!

TightAggressive on April 3, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Does that mean we get twice the leg-tingles in our pixels?

By: faraway

faraway — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:55:27 +0000

Who cares. Show us the new puppy please.

By: Dire Straits

Dire Straits — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:51:53 +0000

Bonuses?!? I’m suprised there is any monry left to give bonuses after all the Clinton hacks (Gorleck, Johnson, Raines, Emanuel) raped and pillaged the last few years.

By: TightAggressive

TightAggressive — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:47:50 +0000

It will be sadder still when the grabbers use this as a justification for taking the guns away.

Bishop on April 3, 2009 at 2:41 PM

Stop being silly…Theywon’t take the guns away; just the ammunition. The 2nd amendment does not cover this. How’s that for interpretation?