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1. "CEOs before Reagan made 78 times their minimum wage workers."

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2014, 12:59 PM

Feb 2014

CEOs before Reagan made 78 times their minimum wage workers. Today, its almost 3500 times!

Without Reagan, America might have had the same income distribution we had in the 1970s, which would mean we would be averaging $120,000 annually--not $40,000.

Great comparison, but it's at least as tragic as it is fun.

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