Amie mentioned a statistic to me yesterday. It came from a nonprofit institution in New York that compiles an “injustice index” each year. Here is one of the injustice’s reported (for 2006):
The average CEO earns more before lunchtime than a full-time minimum-wage worker makes in 1 year. The ratio of the average U.S. CEO’s annual pay to a minimum-wage worker’s is 821:1—the highest ratio ever.
That just blew me away. I know CEO’s are important and all, but for that to be the average is just not right. I wonder how the money-makers in entertainment/sports compare to a minimum-wage worker? I’m sure it would make me sick, as well.
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