Rewarding failure: Bank Bonuses Far Exceed Profits, page 1

According to the report:

Goldman Sachs, which earned $2.3 billion last year and received $10 billion in TARP funding, paid out $4.8 billion in bonuses in 2008 - more than double their net income.
Morgan Stanley, which earned $1.7 billion last year and received $10 billion in bailout funds, handed out $4.475 billion in bonuses, nearly three times their net income.
JPMorgan Chase, which earned $5.6 billion in 2008 and received $25 billion from the government, paid out $8.69 billion in bonus money.
Citigroup and Merrill Lynch lost a combined $54 billion last year. They received a total of $55 billion in bailouts and paid out $9 billion in combined bonuses. ($5.33 billion for Citigroup; $3.6 billion for Merrill Lynch, which was subsequently acquired by Bank of America.)

Other banks pared back bonuses even more amid the harsh downturn. State Street Corp. earned around $1.8 billion and paid out nearly $470 million in bonuses. They received $2 billion in bailout money.

Bank of New York Mellon made posted a net income of $1.4 billion and paid out $945 million in bonuses. They took $3 billion in government aid.

Yes lets take taxpayer cash and use it to pay our employees huge bonuses. Imagine if we could all be able to pull this kind of **** off and get away with it.