You do that and all of the talent will leave to go to other companies where there is no cap. Then all of the money that the govt. "invested" in those companies would be at risk because the right talent would not be available to fix those companies. Money is used to retain (large bonuses) or attract (large salaries) those who are able to solve these types of problems. Without those people these companies would have much lower survival odds which means we will never get our money back.

Does everyone forget that the govt. helped create this mess? Where were these Senators 2 years ago? Probably happily spending the tax dollars being created by the large salaries and bonuses being paid to these executives.

Wow. I am disappointed that everyone too the "Italy is Evil" perspective on this one. I have a different theory in which Italy is being logical.

Italy largely survives on tourism. Tourist come to italy to see the sites and the EAT Italian food. Italians protecting their local cuisine is not racist or xenophobia. They are protecting their livelihood. If people come to Italy looking for Italian Food/Culture and see more & more non-Italian eateries, the country will lose it's luster/character and inevitably fewer people will come to visit. This happens and the local economy gets hammered , people lose jobs, and there is a strain on the already strained social state. This is a scenario that is repeated in many locations around the world as we speak and it just sounds like these folks are trying to keep it from happening in their city.

Like I said this is just another theory but I think it makes sense based on the state of the world's economies today.