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More important, at least when it comes to the bailed-out businesses, the notion that there's a correlation between excessive pay and excessive risk-taking isn't quite accurate. It may be true in the case of hedge funds or leveraged-buyout - which call themselves private-equity (PE) - firms or some parts of stricken outfits like AIG, Citi and the former Merrill Lynch, now part of Bank of America. But hedgies and PEs aren't covered by pay czar Ken Feinberg's ukases...
...problem isn't really pay; it's competence. The CEOs didn't understand the fine print. These firms collapsed out of ignorance fueled by avarice - a particularly toxic combination. Under the circumstances, Feinberg is doing the best he can. But what he's doing is more symbolic than real (although symbolism does matter). Meanwhile, genuine reform of the financial system is bogging down. Wall Street wins again...
Many Dorm Crew workers use their wages to pay for summer programs abroad, or to supplement unpaid internships, says Wolfreys...
Dorm Crew captain Duncan F. Moore ’11 says financial independence was the reason he started working Dorm Crew. Last summer, Duncan used the $3,500 he earned during Spring Cleanup—the four weeks of intensive cleaning after final exams end—to pay for a summer language program in Sweden...
...does this matter now? Because we are in the midst of a debate over how to fund a health-care-reform plan - and the idea of raising taxes, even just a little bit, to pay for it is causing heart failure among our legislators. They are looking for somewhere between $30 billion and $35 billion per year. If the bill isn't properly funded - if working-class families don't receive large enough tax credits to help pay for their newly mandated health insurance, if they're forced to pay thousands of dollars in new out-of-pocket expenses - Republicans...