A Harris release on the February 16-21 telephone survey of 1,010 adults did not specify how financial regulation should be applied but said three-quarters of Americans believe Wall street companies should pay bonuses only while in the black.story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad heredap('&PG=NBCMsB&AP=1089','300','250');Harris said the U.s. public does see value in Wall street itself: nearly 60 percent say the financial sector is an essential benefit to the United states.But a slightly larger majority disagrees that what is good for Wall street is good for the country, while about two-thirds harbor strong negative views about the people who work there.By a margin of 66 percent to 29 percent, Americans agree that "most people on Wall street would be willing to break the law if they believed they could make a lot of money and get away with it," pollsters found.sixty-five percent say most successful people on Wall street do not deserve the kind of money they make.