Government estimates are that 5,000 bankers will this year take home at least £1 million. RBS management has threatened to resign if the government stops them from paying out £1.5 billion in bonuses.
The banks just don’t get it. So I’m going to spell it out. It is just simply not fair that you should pay yourselves such excessive salaries when you contribute no more to society and the common good as the thousands of other people who are doing similarly dangerous, difficult and socially useful jobs.
Shareholders need to stand up and say that they’re not going to accept this culture and deliver more profit to the pension and insurance schemes that invest in these banks. But customers like you and I need to stand up to and say that we’re not going to give our business to those banks that are just out to deliver a nice fat cat salary for a selected group of individuals.
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