Last year Blankfein received a compensation package of roughly $68.5 million, and I suspect that will tide him over fairly well this year – since he’ll only be making $600,000 from his base salary.  Are these people really worth that much more than the average General Motors or DHL employee that will be losing their job this year?  Sure, they know things that the average person doesn’t, but if you look at the Wall Street masses this year it would appear that they make plenty of mistakes too, and the difference is that the impact can tear apart the global economy.  Mess up on a car and it doesn’t sell – doesn’t seem quite so bad.

Ranter