Gothamist: Worries Over Economy, Lower Bonus Pay Fallout

schmecky

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:22:16 -0500

have any of you dealt with these wall st types?.. they are the creepiest bastards you could ever meet... bloomberg and his cronies are idiots to believe that these self absorbed pigs would ever be a recurring source of income for the city...i guess his high paid consultants did not foresee the collapse of the investment banker swine...here comes the great depression all over again

kissel

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:23:03 -0500

i dont think we'll have to wait too long till these idiots we have running the city and state decide to turn their sites on whats left of the middle class to pickpocket to make up the difference instead of cutting back on the size of gov't itself -- they've already been hard at work increasing income tax, property tax, fees, tickets, fees, etc, etc.

NannyState

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:51:09 -0500

How on earth can you budget for Wall St. bonuses to begin with? Anything that ephemeral and non-recurring falls easily into the category of "unanticipated revenue" that should automatically go into a permanent fund, not be allocated in the general budget. This always happens with economic slowdowns and who gets bit the hardest? California and New York. For god's sake, spend the money that you know will always come in and spend no more!