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kerry-is-my-prez

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5. CEO's used to get paid 21 times the workers, now it's up to 290 times the workers

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:03 AM

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They just keep on giving the top earners more and more money and the rest of us are staying pretty flat and salaries haven’t kept up with the cost of living. In 1965, CEOs were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker; by 2023, this ratio was 290-to-one.

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Unless we start voting smart, as a country, we are totally screwed economically. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday OP

I'll take "Things which should be obvious, markodochartaigh Tuesday #1

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Been screwed for a while here OC375 Yesterday #3

However, half the voters have below average intelligence RainCaster Yesterday #4

CEO's used to get paid 21 times the workers, now it's up to 290 times the workers kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #5