answer:“Compensation” is a nominal payment in exchange for services rendered. What banking firm execs are getting is more along the lines of “staggering, outrageous, opulence-enabling salaries.” Besides the fact that I’m a total socialist, I believe that these individuals, whose hands are drenched with the blood of millions of botched mortgages, deserve considerably less than what they were previously paid, especially since the people whose houses were foreclosed upon are paying those salaries via taxes. Cap away! Also, I think that putting one person in control of upwards of a trillion dollars is utterly ridiculous, especially considering his background and close ties to investment banking. I really think that a committee of at least 5 is more sensible.