away from them with appropriate progressive tax rates - upwards from 50%. With this extra revenue the government teachers can then pay teachers and nurses more (but no the GPs!!) I'm a stay at home Mum so I earn nothing. 6 years ago I was a brand development manager for a bank earning about 44k. The stand out one in the list is the female banker. Her salary is grotesque. Only that one says stupid and unnecessary salary. To be a successful investment banker?What are the future P/E ratios of said company followed by dissecting Fibbonacci charts and other 45-65% correct data. Or is it the investment idea? The idea to create extra steps, to create wider margins? Usury the idea of making money from money without any production involved other than a flick of a pen. How can it be done? By being disingenuous to the pension funds by waxing lyrical how good the P/E's are going to be in an ever deflationary environment. The more sociopathic the greater the bonus. Ignore population demographics, peak oil, sustainability. It's all about how to drive nepotism all the way to the wire, so my kids go to private school with your kids in our little gated community. It isn't science it's a cult. Hedge funds are the lesser evil as these cowboys don't give a flying fuck and will try and take on these investment banks at their own game, Hugh Hendry ( Electra ) betting against these corrupt monoliths. And