http://go.bloomberg.com/multimedia/ceo-pay-ratio/
Currently there are corporations with CEOs making over 1,000 times more than the average worker in their company. The average worker at JC Penney, for example, would have to work nearly 7 years to earn what their CEO made in 1 day in 2012.
CEOs are justified to earn much more than the average worker, but these ratios are becoming more and more absurd. This is weakening the middle class more than any other thing and is suppressing our economy. Because $ = power in our political system, this means our ability to do anything about it is being suppressed as well.
I am not calling for a "maximum wage" on par with minimum wage. With a cap on pay ratios, CEOs can still get raises - but only if the entire company's average pay rises with it.
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