We call on President Obama and members of Congress to fulfill their promises to support the Middle and Working class citizens in America by ensuring a fair dispersion of wealth.
One of the ways this could be accomplished is by limiting the amount Executives earn compared to the workers they serve, an economic figure referred to as the Executive-to-worker compensation ratio.
Using a 2013 study from the Economic Policy Institute. From 1978 to 2012, Executive compensation measured with options realized increased around 875 percent, a rise more than double stock market growth and substantially greater than the painfully slow 5.4 percent growth in a typical worker’s compensation over the same period.