Mike Hearn is an ego-driven "developer" that only cares about himself.
The fact anyone gave him any money at all just shows how well he can spin himself as a steward of Bitcoin, when the reality is he's just angling for his payday.
I can't wait for Wall Street to step in and eat his lunch for him.
"Hey guys, I'm always using bitcoin to pay for my lunchtime sandwiches, what say we make that easier by adding a block reward confiscation mechanism that miners vote on with their impartial free will, bitcoin's broken if it doesn't work!"