Okay, this is not a surprise. After all, we're not talking about auto workers getting $57,000 a year. The editorial's warning that the bonus tax may jeopardize the Geithner-Summers plan to subsidize zombie banks through the back door, could be viewed by some as an argument in favor of the tax.
--Dean Baker
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