Recession Bonuses

We in the business community are behind you 100% in your efforts to save our economy. But as you go, please be sensitive to the human cost that you may exact from those who can least afford to bear it.

Obama's calling Wall Street bonuses "shameful" and citing Wall Street's actions as the "height of irresponsibility" may signal a significant shift in the government's tone towards corporate culture.

By almost any measure, 2008 was a complete disaster for Wall Street -- except, that is, when the bonuses arrived. Despite crippling losses, multibill...