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if indexed to CEO's salaries since 1990, minimum wage would be $23.03.

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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 04:28 AM
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if indexed to CEO's salaries since 1990, minimum wage would be $23.03.
(entire essay is worth reading)

http://warrenreports.tpmcafe.com/blog/warrenreports/2006/oct/26/if_not_us_then_who

If Not Us, Then Who?
By Andy Stern

....

We are living in a time when the stock market is at record highs, the economy is growing, and the Fortune 400 CEOs are all billionaires. If the minimum wage had been indexed to CEO's salaries since 1990, it would be would be $23.03. The share of income today going to profits is at a record highs while the share of wages is at a record low. America needs a new economic plan.

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