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CEOs of top 100 ‘low-wage’ US firms earn $601 for every $1 by worker, report finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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The point is that if max pay gap laws are passed, CEOs will just hide their actual pay in external resources and normal employees will still make exactly the same.
Good. Make them hide it. Then make it illegal to hide income(if it already isn't). Tax agencies like the IRS are really good at catching this sort of thing.
Make it difficult for them and their companies.
Make them have to spend to hide it. If they get caught, the money goes back to the economy. If they don't get caught, at least some the money they spend on law firms and accounts goes back to the economy.
That’s the system we have right now and it doesn’t work. Soooo…