Reply #9: "Bloomberg became a general partner at Salomon Brothers,

[Hannah Bell]

where he headed equity trading and, later, systems development. In 1981, he was fired from Salomon Brothers and was given a $10 million severance package <12>. Using this money, Bloomberg went on to set up a company named Innovative Market Systems."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg


He made the money for his terminals on Wall Street. *partner* at salomon.



and yes, everyone *should* have the bennies city workers get - or maybe the bennies folks like bloomberg get.

your stance seems to be that since everyone doesn't, bloomberg should keep his, but city workers should get laid off.