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'It's grotesque': As CEOs rake in millions in annual pay, their employees struggle to get by
Financial Post ^ | June 11, 2018 | David Gelles

Posted on 06/27/2018 2:25:33 PM PDT by rickmichaels

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1 posted on 06/27/2018 2:25:33 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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Walmart now starts employees at over $10 per hour in all US markets. The “median” income used in this article includes part-time employees - intentionally shifting that “median” downward (and no - the average Walmart Employee is not getting rich).


2 posted on 06/27/2018 2:28:54 PM PDT by TheBattman (Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
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Ah, big business (Republicans) vs the workers (Democrats) card again. Similar to the race card.

The reality is there are a lot of big business owners who have serious liberal leanings, while a great many workers are much more moderate or conservative.

3 posted on 06/27/2018 2:28:59 PM PDT by CatOwner
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The people who harp most about disparities are the same ones working for tech info monopolies where the disparities are WORST.

Google...?

Facebook..?


4 posted on 06/27/2018 2:29:49 PM PDT by gaijin
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They should apply for the CEO position next time.


5 posted on 06/27/2018 2:30:14 PM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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Always remember Hillary sat on Walmarts board of directors.


6 posted on 06/27/2018 2:30:43 PM PDT by BBell (says stupid things posts dumber things)
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7 posted on 06/27/2018 2:31:43 PM PDT by gaijin
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“”””They should apply for the CEO position next time.””””

Eggzackly. Work at being a CEO instead of a shelf stocker.


8 posted on 06/27/2018 2:32:08 PM PDT by shelterguy
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...and what about AMAZON!


9 posted on 06/27/2018 2:32:37 PM PDT by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: rickmichaels

The starting premise is wrong:

Neither the government nor a company owes you a job.


10 posted on 06/27/2018 2:33:55 PM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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Maybe that will blow as a volcano. 😏
11 posted on 06/27/2018 2:34:20 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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If the shareholders are not happy with the board overpaying executives then they should vote in a new board. If the shareholders are somehow being illegally fleeced and they complain to the authorities then there is reason for the government to look into it. Other than that it is nobody else’s business.


12 posted on 06/27/2018 2:35:34 PM PDT by fireman15
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And it woudl likely take 10000 years for those employees to be able to duplicate what their CEO did


13 posted on 06/27/2018 2:36:46 PM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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Unless you ask the commie who just won a primary in New York. Great job, New Yawkers - you’re going to send a know-nothing anarchist to Congress.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-victory-brings-renewed-attention-to-jobs-guarantee-idea-2018-06-27


14 posted on 06/27/2018 2:37:39 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: rickmichaels

Breaking News: The rich get richer & the poor get poorer.


15 posted on 06/27/2018 2:38:58 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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I've seen the average billionaire's job; I don't want it.

I'd rather get home in time for dinner.

16 posted on 06/27/2018 2:40:34 PM PDT by donna (The United States Constitution and the Koran are mutually exclusive.)
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If they took all the money the CEO was paid and distributed it evenly among the employees, the employees wouldn’t be much better off.


17 posted on 06/27/2018 2:41:27 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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“These stark illustrations of income inequality.”

I always thought my CEOs salaries were unequal to mine. Hell, I even had paid consultants on my staff that earned more than I did (in IT that is not uncommon). Too bad I was born too soon to participate in the Marxist/Utopian future where all pay will be “equal”. /sarc


18 posted on 06/27/2018 2:41:29 PM PDT by Wuli
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Fake across the board!

The US economy is climbing asymptotically, and there is booty for all who are willing to go for it.
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19 posted on 06/27/2018 2:41:45 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Was this written by that Democratic Socialist who just beat Pelosi’s protégé in New York?


20 posted on 06/27/2018 2:43:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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