Originally Posted by rowan

"It was not part of the original agreement," said Laura Thatcher, head of the executive compensation practice at Alston & Bird. "If they're going to retroactively change playing rules, it would seem to me that, in fairness, they would have to give the institutions an opportunity to back out of the deal altogether."

Yeah, we want to back out of the bailout! Wait, do we have to pay you the money back? I think we've already spent it...