The brilliant web comic XKCD points out that the Media's been exaggerating the whole AIG bonus thing a little bit:
In the greater scheme of things, the actual dollar amount of the bonuses is an insignificant fraction of what we're paying out for the entire bailout package.
But it's still a shitload of money.
$165 million would pay for 80 years of full operation at my last theatre, or 25 years of operation and a new wing at my current employer.
I'm not upset over the amount: I, and I think most of the other people who have been bitching about this - are appalled at the principle of it. They basically ran themselves out of business, and we literally saved their asses,and the first thing they do is throw it back in our faces.
To put XKCD's example into better context, you're the lawyer that got sexual assault charges against XKCD thrown out on a technicality. They were accused of rape, you got them off, and on the elevator leaving the courtroom they grab your daughters tits; "Hey, thanks for getting me off the hook!" he lears, "and for getting me off!"
NOW consider the difference between 'a sip of wine and a quick grope' against 'a drunken night of debauchery' with your daughter.
Got it? Good. Now let's gather up the tar and feathers...
But it's still a shitload of money.
$165 million would pay for 80 years of full operation at my last theatre, or 25 years of operation and a new wing at my current employer.
I'm not upset over the amount: I, and I think most of the other people who have been bitching about this - are appalled at the principle of it. They basically ran themselves out of business, and we literally saved their asses,and the first thing they do is throw it back in our faces.
To put XKCD's example into better context, you're the lawyer that got sexual assault charges against XKCD thrown out on a technicality. They were accused of rape, you got them off, and on the elevator leaving the courtroom they grab your daughters tits; "Hey, thanks for getting me off the hook!" he lears, "and for getting me off!"
NOW consider the difference between 'a sip of wine and a quick grope' against 'a drunken night of debauchery' with your daughter.
Got it? Good. Now let's gather up the tar and feathers...
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