Stephen,

I see your point

But, I wouldn't be able to stop myself from thinking, "Wow, I made 18% from Goldman Sachs last year and I should be happy, but would it have been 20% without the $16 billion in bonuses paid out?

That is just a ridiculous amount of money. How many companies in the world even have $16B or more in total SALES? The cutoff on the Fortune 500 would be 132.

Its is absolutely insane to give one individual $100M for an annual bonus. Nobody is that good.