1.0link152773<![CDATA[Bailed-Out Executives Got $1.6 Billion In 2007]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/22/bailedout-executives-got-_n_152773.htmlBanks that have their hands out in Washington this year were handing out multimillion-dollar rewards to their executives last year.
The 116 banks that so far have received taxpayer dollars to boost them through the economic crisis gave their top tier of executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses and other benefits in 2007, an Associated Press analysis found.