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davidn3600

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14. What kills their arguement is how executive pay is so astronomical today

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 04:44 PM

Dec 2012

When you look at where executive pay is compared to the regular employee pay, the divide is massive and getting larger. What trickles down is insignificant when so much is moving upward.

We would not have many of the problems we have today if these corporations were not so overtaken by greed and would pay their workers a wage they can live on.

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