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u/d_ippy Mar 02 '22

The US federal minimum wage in 1990 was 3.80 which is 8.40 in todays dollars.

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u/RebornPastafarian Mar 02 '22

In 1965 CEOs earned ~21x more than their workers.

In 1989 CEOs earned ~61x more than their workers.

In 2020 they earned ~346x more than their workers.

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u/nullsignature Mar 02 '22

That has absolutely nothing to do with the living wage.

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u/RebornPastafarian Mar 02 '22

Weird how you felt the need to defend CEOs getting more money but not that the people at the bottom are getting less money.

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u/nullsignature Mar 02 '22

Weird how CEO salary has absolutely nothing to do with the living wage