May 23, 2011
I’m writing because my family and I were affected by the economic collapse of 2008, and we don’t want it to happen again. We lost all of our 15 years of 401K profits and even a good percentage of our capital.
I think bankers should have transcripts that follow them throughout their careers. Those who have a habit of poor lending practices would get poor grades and not receive bonus payments and, in fact, may be terminated.
Wall Street greed and outrageous pay practices were a major cause of the collapse. One way to change the incentives so they don’t collapse our economy again would be to delay the bonuses for three, five or more years. That way, we’ll know if the loans they made in year one remain good. In the bad days, bankers paid themselves on the volume of loans (mortgages) they generated, not on their quality.
Thank you for considering my comment,
Tony Greiner