The historic UAW strike puts an exclamation point on more than a decade of efforts by Washington lawmakers to narrow the pay gap between top executives and workers.

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      1 year ago

      You seem to think this money is given as a gift, or as some sort of recognition, and instead it is how they purchase talent.

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        Then those talented people will have to come up with a new way of doing things. Humans as a species are sensitive to relative wealth differences. It’s hardwired. Riding tide lifting all boats kind of thing

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          Rising tide lifting all boats kind of thing

          That’s not what this means.

          The argument “you have to make less money because I want you to” is not a very strong one.