And then of course from the NY Times...

"Windfalls for Bankers, Resentments for the Rest"

"All of these companies were beneficiaries of gargantuan government bailouts, in assorted forms and varied sums, but if they assumed they’d hear bravos for prompt paybacks and quick turnarounds, they were in for a shock. At a time when so many people are struggling with foreclosures and are either unemployed or worried about losing a job, these earnings were bound to stir up some basic questions of fairness.

"And along with those questions, a rebirth, perhaps, of a type of anger that hasn’t been widespread for a while: good old class resentment."

Like, wait a sec — isn’t returning to profitability exactly what you wanted us to do? And if the nation’s circulatory system of money is beginning to flow again, isn’t that good news? Oh and by the way, we are paying you back.

It’s telling that from politicians, there’s been mostly silence.

Neither Representative Barney Frank nor Senator Chris Dodd — respectively, the Democrats who lead the House and Senate committees that handle banks — issued press releases about those earnings last week, according members of their staffs. Neither returned a call for this article. "


Class warfare and class resentment are terms we hear more and more each and every day !!!!