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Jim Webb stated on September 23, 2014 in a speech.:

In 1968 "the average corporate CEO made 20 times the average worker’s pay. Today that multiple is about 350."

By Sean Gorman• October 19, 2014

Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson• September 21, 2023

Richard Ojeda stated on November 27, 2018 in a tweet:

At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."

By Jamie Green, Liz Newton, Patrick Orsagos, Kenna Richards• December 6, 2018

Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2011 in postings on Facebook, blogs, and social-media sites:

Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1.

By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2011

Joe Kennedy stated on January 30, 2018 in response to State of the Union address:

"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."

By John Kruzel• January 31, 2018

Bumper Sticker stated on December 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.:

"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."

By Martha M. Hamilton• December 21, 2010

Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2016 in a Hillary for America campaign ad:

"On average it takes 300 Americans working for a solid year to make as much money as one top CEO."

By Riley Snyder• February 12, 2016

Marco Rubio stated on August 23, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:

"When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree."

By Aaron Sharockman• August 24, 2011

Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter:

“Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.”

By Madeline Heim• June 2, 2021

Joe Biden stated on March 05, 2009 in a speech in Miami Beach, Fla.:

"The average CEO makes $10,000 more every day ... than what the average worker makes every year."

By Robert Farley• March 6, 2009

Ilhan Omar stated on February 07, 2019 in a congressional hearing:

"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."

By Jon Greenberg• February 12, 2019

Martin O'Malley stated on January 14, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:

"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."

By Louis Jacobson• January 25, 2016

Jill Billings stated on November 14, 2023 in Assembly floor speech:

“With school-based professional social workers, the recommendation is 400-to-1, and in Wisconsin, we’re almost triple that.”

By Tyler Katzenberger• December 13, 2023

Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2012 in on the Internet:

"In 1950, corporations paid $3 in taxes for every $1 by a worker. Today, they pay 22 cents for every $1 by a worker."

By Louis Jacobson• July 3, 2012

George Nee stated on February 05, 2015 in testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee:

Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 22, 2015

Glenn Beck stated on May 13, 2015 in a segment on his radio show:

Says Hillary Clinton "makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average CEO does in a year."

By Katie Sanders• May 28, 2015

Frank Wolf stated on February 17, 2012 in a news release:

"In 1950, the average American lived for 68 years and 16 workers supported one retiree. Today, the average life expectancy is 78 and three workers support one retiree."

By Sean Gorman• March 16, 2012

Alex Sink stated on September 13, 2010 in a campaign website:

"Florida ranks last in the ratio of employees to residents... And Florida is dead last in the nation in state employee payroll expenditures per resident."

By Amy Sherman• September 14, 2010

Donny Deutsch stated on July 01, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"13 percent of Americans, the lowest ever, are without health care."

By Linda Qiu• July 8, 2014

Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:

Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."

By Louis Jacobson• January 29, 2014

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