This is the kind of article that seriously makes my blood boil:
At a town hall meeting in Ohio last Saturday, Rep. Sherrod Brown of Ohio – (he and Bernie Sanders are the two best candidates running for Senate in 2006) — a staunch advocate for social and economic rights – railed against stagnant wages’ contribution to economic hardship. “It is unacceptable that someone can work full-time – and work hard – and not be able to lift their family out of poverty.” He blasted a system where a full-time worker making the minimum wage earns $10,500 annually, while “… last year the CEO of Wal-Mart earned $3,500 an hour. The CEO of Halliburton earned about $8,300 an hour. And the CEO of ExxonMobil earned about $13,700 an hour.”
Unbelievable. Some of them guys get a third of my yearly salary in an hour and for what…Hitting “Reply All” in the Microsoft Outlook twice a day to forward business plans…TRICKY!
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Jester:
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they earn more an hour than i do in 10 years! but then again I only work 8 hours a week….