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CEO Salaries Have Spiked 940 Percent Since the 1970s

Chances are, if your boss is the CEO of one of 350 top public corporations, he or she is making nearly 10 times what you are.

This is the conclusion the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) makes in a report that shows since 1978 CEO compensation has ballooned 940%; worker compensation, in contrast, has hovered around only 12%.

CEOs, according to the study, made, on average, $17.2 million last year.

Putting it into perspective, in 1965, the average CEO-to-average worker salary was 16 to 1.; by 1989, it was 45 to 1.

Last year, the number jumped to 278 to 1.

By Ted Millar on August 30, 2019 at 23:41 pm
Our Constitution, Big Pharma, Climate Change and Other Lies we Tell Ourselves

Is Brazil’s Rainforest destroying president preamble to Putin’s nuclear float to Alaska? Is Trump part of a Troika of intentional destruction of America?

By Marcello Rollando on August 28, 2019 at 10:30 am
Trump’s Latest Target: Legal Immigrants Requiring Public Assistance

Consider the fact that although Donald Trump may have stalked the campaign trail in 2015-16 with saber-rattling about illegal immigration, now he is president, he has no intention of demonizing only those in this country without proper documentation.

In its intent to make America whiter again, the Trump administration has moved into its next phase of shutting out documented immigrants as well.

By Ted Millar on August 16, 2019 at 20:38 pm
How Workplace Safety Prevents Wrongful Death

In the U.S., workers’ compensation is in place so that… Continue Reading

By Jori Hamilton on August 6, 2019 at 20:44 pm
House Dems Just Passed A Minimum Wage Increase–That’s A Big Deal

Donald Trump has claimed Democrats are “getting nothing done in Congress.” This, like the other 10,000 he has told, is a lie. Democrats have passed 49 of 51 bills, resolutions, and suspensions since reclaiming the House of Representatives in January. Last Thursday, Democrats passed more historic legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 from its current $7.25.

By Ted Millar on July 24, 2019 at 20:40 pm
Cycling to Improve Your Health, the Planet, and the Economy

With unprecedented levels of carbon dioxide concentrations in modern times,… Continue Reading

By Jori Hamilton on July 3, 2019 at 16:13 pm
Memories & Memorials – Maestros & Madmen – Missives & Miracles

The truth that hurts: America’s character decay neither began with… Continue Reading

By Marcello Rollando on May 27, 2019 at 21:29 pm
How The GOP Tax Scam Treats Students Like Trust-Fund Kids

Thanks to the GOP tax scam, nearly 1.4 million low-income and middle-class college students are now being taxed like trust-fund children, owing more for room and board.

By Ted Millar on May 24, 2019 at 20:33 pm
How Lack of Economic Opportunity Can Lead to Crime

During moments of economic distress, it’s not uncommon for people… Continue Reading

By Danika McClure on April 30, 2019 at 19:24 pm