I Miss Sears!

Sorry, but I disagree with you on the bonus payouts. The job I had for 27 gave it's employees a nice bonus right before Christmas, most of mine were $1500 or more. They believed in sharing their profits with their employees. Also my raises were 3-3.5% every year. 4 weeks vacation, 12 paid holidays, 3 paid sick days, great insurance. I don't want to sound disrespectful but you sound like you're in upper management.
lets just say im self employed

its nice that you used to get bonuses but your boss had no reason to do so
it would seem to me, a better base pay would be beneficial to you
(of course, with a higher base pay, on a bad year, they cant cut you down a bit)