John,
I'm a Starbucks barista. It would take me 6,000 years to earn what Starbucks’ CEO makes in a single year. That's not a typo. Six. Thousand. Years.
The government shutdown is still in effect, but that doesn’t give Congress an excuse to ignore the problem. CEO pay is out of control. Contact your members of Congress in support of the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act now!
In the past six decades, top CEO compensation has shot up 1,094%. Meanwhile, worker's pay has only increased 26%. Explain to me how that's fair. We're the ones who bring in the profits!
Workers like you and me are struggling to keep up with rising grocery prices, rent, healthcare costs, and the overall cost of living. The racial wealth gap is widening, billionaires are gaming the system, and corporations keep pointing the finger at immigrants instead of taking responsibility for the way they've skewed our economy. It's all a part of their agenda to keep us fighting and divided while we struggle to make ends meet.
The result? The richest 26 people in the world own as much wealth as the poorest half of the planet's population. They want us to believe that working people falling behind is just the way it has to be. It isn't.
That's why we need Congress to pass the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act. This bill would finally hold corporations accountable for outrageous pay gaps between CEOs and workers — and start to build an economy that rewards hard work, not hoarding.
Tell your elected officials to support the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act.
Every day we wait is another day billionaires rake in more wealth while we fall further behind. But together, we can change the rules.
