i have been a bear for over 18 months, read the forums. Arioch and i have predicted this to a T.
your blanket statement that "Republicans have benefited the most" is just complete bullshit. If you knew anything about Wall Street and the bankers, you would k now that the majority (especially in Manhattan and Wall Street) is largely Democratic.
The major banks have supported Dems and Pubs pretty much even...
If you think that those banks are the reason to blame for the sub-prime mess, you are wrong...
Also, those firms will for sure be firing and cutting the heads off of those who bought those positions in the first place. Where did you note that the CEO of ML, Bear, Citigroup, soon to be Lehman, are all out of jobs already. Those bonuses are going to the parts of the firm that made money, enough to bail out the rest of the firm for those bad bond positions. If you dont pay them, they walk right across the street to the firms that will. It is more responsible to pay out the bonus to keep the talent, than to lose the talent.....
