Now the reactions of Barney Frank and Chucky Schumer to the news that bailed-out Freddie and Fannie are also planning on paying out bonuses ought to be interesting. Let's see if they'll tax it at 100% or try to stop it from happening...I suspect that these execs are close friends of everybody on the Senate and House banking committees. Fannie and Freddie are in worse shape than AIG and are even more tied to the FedGov teat.
I'm sure that the
Democrats socialists are already working on exceptional excuses on why these bonuses are ok and AIG's are not!
This is an excerpt from Yahoo Finance, all emphasis is my own:
Fannie plans bonuses of up to $611K for 4 execs
Fannie Mae plans bonuses of up to $611,000 for 4 executives; Freddie Mac has similar plans
Wednesday March 18, 2009, 4:18 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fannie Mae plans to pay retention bonuses of as much as $611,000 each to key executives this year as part of a plan to keep hundreds of employees from leaving the government-controlled company.
Rival mortgage finance company Freddie Mac is planning similar awards, but has not yet reported on which executives will benefit.
The two companies, which together own or back more than half of the home mortgages in the country, have been hobbled by skyrocketing loan defaults. Fannie recently requested $15 billion in federal aid, while Freddie has sought a total of almost $45 billion.
Fannie Mae disclosed its "broad-based" retention program in a recent regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company was only required to disclose the amounts for the top-paid executives, who will pocket at least $470,000 on top of their base salaries. The bonuses are more than double last year's, which ranged from $200,000 to $260,000.
A company spokesman declined further comment.
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The rest of the story:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fannie-plans-bonuses-of-up-to-apf-14679491.html
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