…they would tap into the populist anger in the country, like the British Tories are doing.
David Cameron [, the Leader of the Conservative Party,] has stressed that no cash bonuses over £2,000 should be paid to any employee of a bank which has a significant taxpayer shareholding.
Can you imagine the American GOP suggesting that corporate executives be paid a bonus no more than $3,000 a year? Indeed, I believe they went nuts over capping it at $200,000.