While some may think of common sense as "street smarts" and other may automatically think of Thomas Paine's revolutionary pamphlet, we have a new example to think of....as of today. Okay, so here's what happened. President Obama declared that any top executive whose company receives stimulus funds will have his (or her) income capped at $500,000. President Obama says that this is an example of common sense thinking. In fact, I am absolutely in agreement with the President. Thank goodness. Someone finally stood up to big business and ruled that they must suffer this economic downturn along with the rest of us. It's high time that these corporations stop having freakishly large "corporate retreats" for hundreds of thousands of dollars or giving $10 million bonuses to executives. What I find infuriating is that these executives didn't do ANYTHING to deserve extra money. In fact, their actions completely justified a cut in their income. I am incredibly happy with my government for finally installing some conditions into their $900 billion stimulus package.