Friday, March 13, 2009

“Without justice, what are kingdoms (and corporations) but bands of robbers?”




"In 1965, U.S. CEOs at major companies made 24 times a worker's pay -- by 2004, CEOs earned 431 times the pay of an average worker. From 1995 to 2005, average CEO pay increased five times faster than that of average workers. While CEO pay continues to increase at rates far exceeding inflation, wages for the vast majority of American workers have failed to keep up with rising prices. In fact, real wages for the 90% of Americans who earn under $92,000 a year have actually fallen since 2001."




from
 sojourners  and God's Politics Blog by Jim Wallis and friends


“Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?” St. Augustine

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