Bonuses Through the Roof: Great Year for Wall Street, Even if You Aren't In On It

Three ex-TARP firms will hand out $29.7 billion in bonuses: “That’s up 60 percent from last year and more than the previous high of $26.8 billion in 2007. The money, split among 119,000 employees, equals $250,400 each, almost five times the $50,303 median household income in the U.S. last year.”