Weird’s Deep, Deep Thoughts (Thursday Morning Revelation) Bankers Explain How They Cannot Possibly Live On $1 Million Pay

The struggles of millionaire bankers (most of them are men) are an important factor for heartless regulators and shareholders to keep in mind as they consider putting limits on banker pay in the wake of a financial crisis that was fueled by bankers chasing higher pay. "One million" of anything -- pounds, dollars or Bitcoins, sounds like a lot to us HuffPo rabble….

For one thing, taxes will quickly whittle a seven-figure income right down to the mid-six figures, perilously close to being within sight of the middle class. Then, an ex-Goldman banker points out, with the mere $600,000 in take-home pay remaining, bankers still need to "pay the mortgages on, and maintain houses, in the Hamptons and Manhattan, to put three children through private schools costing $40k a year each, and to pay living costs."

Bankers might want to shed some of these costs by, say, sentencing their kids to rub elbows with the filthy Poors in public schools or owning just one house. But they are under constant social pressure to spend and spend some more, according to another ex-Goldmanite….And this is before the wives get their cut.

Wait…wait…there’s more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/bankers-1-million-pay_n_3188177.html?utm_hp_ref=business