Bosses who refuse to hand out bonuses should be kidnapped by lose canon brothers in law. From what I have seen, that usually solves the problem.
Seriously, as stated in this thread, it is very unwise to count on uncertain money...bonuses or otherwise. I would note however that not all bonuses are discretionary. At my previous job, bonuses where preset at certain percentages based on billable hours. I never counted on it for Chrismast shopping or anything as I didn't need to, but of course future money to which you are entitled (which may be bonuses) could be counted on.
As for people being upset by not getting at least COL raises, I must say that I would understand. I would be pretty upset if my purchasing power would be eroded each year by my pay not at least keeping up with inflation. Ultimately though, raises will be a function of the particular labour market and employee's bargaining power.
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