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Another way to look at it is every single person, including children, are paying $75 a month for executives of 5000 public companies. Or $190 per month per household. That is significantly more than the average electricity bill ($130/month). Downplaying that shows you are out of touch with the average American.


> Another way to look at it is every single person, including children, are paying $75 a month for executives of 5000 public companies.

No they are not. The economy isn’t a zero-sum game where the only way an executive can get paid is by taking money from a household.

Executive compensation is largely equity based. The mostly equity is new value created in the economy.

Using zero-sum thinking for economic topics like this is very misleading.




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