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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	I'm really on the fence here
	Date:	2/7/2009 12:01:10 AM

It doesn't seem fair to penalize people that have worked for a goal to suddenly have the prize snatched from them. I think these competitions work well for creating incentive for people to work hard and creatively; and you cannot discount the bond it strengthens between the team members and their bond with the company. And I'm sure the people being rewarded are not the ones setting monitary and lending policies for the bank.

On the other hand, I'm well acquainted with the idea of appearing to be a good steward of the government's money. Did you know that as a government employee, I would be banned from accepting an upgrade to first class on an airplane, even if it didn't cost the government any more money? It was because it could create an appearance of not being a good steward of the taxpayers money. Not that anyone on the plane would necessarily know that I was a government employee, but that was the rule.

I see where Obama is going with these rules. It doesn't look good if executives are getting huge bonus' when they companies are taking bail outs. Bet a lot of high priced lawyers and accountants are reading the new reguations very carefully for the inevitable loop holes. Someone will come up with the way around this. I'm pretty sure that Washington would be incapable of coming up with an airtight rule.