Ahh... it all makes sense now why the banking execs need $20 million bonuses.

I guess none of us just took the time to really contemplate how expensive it is being an exec in New York City before.
$35,000.00 a year for gowns.
$16,000.00 a year for vacations.
$45,000.00 for a nanny.
$75,000.00 - $125,000.00 a year for a driver.
So even if they're doing a terrible job, we have to keep paying them tons of money. Who else would be motivated to run their bank into the ground if we didn't? Could you imagine the chaos that would occur if their children went to public school or if their wives actually had to raise their children? Execs would constantly be too worried about their kids getting stuffed into a locker, or their trophy wives having to put down their martinis to teach their kids something, to actually focus on work. What a frakkin' nightmare. The world would totally melt down and collapse.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/fashion/08halfmill.html?_r=1