text: When the Wall Street bailout was brought up for a vote in 2008, Congress was told there were limits on outrageous executive pay for companies being bailed out by the taxpayers. I read the bill and saw that this was not true. That was one of the reasons I opposed the bailout. Now we see that despite earlier promises, the Treasury Department was readily approving big pay raises while middle class Americans were losing jobs and seeing wages drop. Once again, the middle class pays for the irresponsible behavior of others.   http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/treasury-approved-big-pay-raises-at-bailed-out-aig-ally-and-gm-report-says/2013/01/28/1e0fe84c-695f-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html