Heheheh, yeah I don't know about this so-called "Bush recovery" - oh, Fox News, how we love thee. ;)
Anyway, this is really a key point that a lot of the general public seems to not grasp. Most of us are used to maybe getting a bonus, and if we do it's maybe like 3-5% of our salary. But if you look at, say, a typical broker salary, it's way less than you might think - these guys make like $100-200k, right? It's half in the bonuses, that's the motivation to excel. I'm reading the later posts about potential ways to restructure this and have to agree, there's just no clear option...
