Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Great comments everyone! Thanks for all of your feedback. Glad to see I'm not alone in agreeing with the comp cap.

The individuals that would be subject to the cap are the ones at the companies in such trouble, so I say let them be 'stolen.' I sincerley hope they are NOT our best financial talents!

While an across the board pay cap may not be the ideal solution, I think it is appropriate to hold these executives accountable for the role they played in creating the financial mess we're all in. As others have commented, were it not for the bail out money, some of these execs would be unemployed....

I agree with "T" - who is the government or anyone else to say that someone should make a certain amount of money. This country was built on rewarding the most talented and hardest working individuals. The government is rewarding incompetence. There are extremely talented individuals at these organizations...

COMPANIES ARE ALREADY SWITCHING TO LESS COSTLIER (FOR THEM) HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS THAT UP THE PREMIUMS FOR THE WORKERS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE GOVT SUBSIDY, THE WORKERS PAY THE EXACT SAME, WITH THE GOVT PAYING THE PREMIUM DIFF. THE COMPANIES ARE THE ONLY ONES BENEFITING BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES PAYING...

It is the responsibility of shareholders and the board of directors to set compensation for executives. A couple of other points -

I do not think the the term "Universal Healthcare" in this context means covering everyone under one government program. Accounts that I have read note that the $634B is the budget amount being given to Congress which will be charged with coming up with a plan to provide access to affordable coverage...

The only way to achieve Universal Coverage is via Consumer Driven Health Care. You have to put "skin in the game" for the health care purchaser.

Socialism purely and simply.

So first he punishes those who extra hard to earn what they have now he's going to take it out on the elderly too.