cap their asses

"over the last 100 years, finance workers have mostly been paid wages proportionate to professionals in other industries — except for two periods: in the 1920’s through the start of the Great Depression, and in the 1980’s through the start of this economic downturn."

check it:
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/let-the-human-capital-exodus-begin/