In a year where executive pay is skyrocketing while average worker pay remains stagnant, Elon Musk raked in a $56 Billion pay package. Cenk Uygur and Jordan Uhl discuss on The Young Turks.
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“Executive pay in the U.S. is skyrocketing at the highest rate in 14 years, widening the income-inequality gap as it increases almost three times faster than overall wage growth.
So far this year, Median CEO pay for S&P 500 companies shot up 12%, the Financial Times reports, while average workers are seeing about a 4.1% increase in their paychecks.”
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