unsolicitedanalysis:

The key, of course, is “as low as.”

Claiming that capital gains are the same thing as income is, well, no.  The cop’s salary is not at risk, and predicated on the performance of very specific sub-groups of investments.  But the person who put this graphic together knew that and is a thought criminal, so…

If recent events have taught us anything, it’s that fund managers’ incomes are not at risk, no matter what the performance outcomes may be. The bonuses are sacrosanct! To suggest otherwise, or tie said bonuses to some arbitrary measure of performance would be un-American.