Steve
I'm not sure how he got his numbers either for the last 4 years. I think the salaries rose that high under clinton also. I think he was saying that currently the ceo's salaries are 600-1000 times higher than the employees which is correct.
Read the uSA article last week. It's sickning. Not just the salaries but the unbeleivable perks. While at the same time the rank and file employees are paying more for their health care and are losing their pensions or are being outsourced, layed off etc.
I'm sorry, I just don't trust that data. Suppose the average worker receves 40K a year, that means that the CEO would make 24-40 million. There are few who pull that down, mostly through stock options, but not very many.