I understand your point of view. But the fact is that all of these executives are in the same company. I understand the principle of separate profit and loss centers as well as the next person. But everyone in these large companies benefits from their identification with the overall company umbrella. Therefore I think that every unit should be responsible for both the profits and losses that are sustained by the Company in any unit where they occur. If we held the companies and their divisions to such a standard, we would not have the too big to fail to problem because profitable units in Australia would not want to be associated with units in New York that were taking high risks and that could possibly bring them down. These companies and their employees want the advantages of unity without the responsibility that brings. We ought to deprive them of such a have your cake and eat it too arrangement in the future. The divisions of these companies should be made to stand or fall together, so long as they choose to organize under the same umbrella. The company as a while ought to be profitable before anyone gets a bonus, especially if teh Company may need to be bailed out by taxpayers.

Incidentally, “citi” in Latin means “fast”, not tightly knight residential and business area. Beware of citious people!

All other regrets are pretty much irrelevant and finger-pointing is out.

Personally, I’m not in favor of throwing the book at these guys. After all, it cost them millions to get the deregulation and then it cost them trillions when their world crashed in. I think they’ve gotten a lot of what they deserve.

I’d rather just fix the system, so it will begin working properly FOR EVERYONE.

Clearly shareholder rights need to be supported/protected in this matter.