GS had a deal with Buffett squared away before the Feds ordered them to take TARP money, which they repaid at 20% interest! It's unreasonable to lump them it with the others.
True. Too bad the media is on a witch hunt, and finds it convenient to gloss over facts for the sake of generating indignation over Tax-Payer Funded Bonuses Of Inconceivable Magnitude, so most people don't know this.
The GS employees I know are not happy about this...
They should include in their annual report "this year our corporate tax paid for x nurses and income tax on our employees bonuses paid for y teachers".
