Cash Wars?

Two posts from (MoJo) Kevin Drum ~

CEO Pay: Still Skyrocketing, Still Undeserved

- two things: (a) stagnating worker pay has made a much bigger pool of money available for executive compensation, and (b) peer group comparisons inexorably ratchet up CEO pay.
- The chart on the right tells the familiar tale. Adjusted for inflation, cash compensation for line workers has actually decreased over the past few decades, and even when you include healthcare compensation it's grown only about 30% or so. In contrast, executive compensation over the same period has more than quadrupled.

Political Mojo - Greg Sargent's Tax Policy Center chart - The question it answers is this: if you applied various tax policies to estimated 2013 income, how would different income groups fare? Here's the answer for the very tippy top of the income spectrum:

Greg Sargent - Washington Post: How Obama's tax hikes would really impact the rich, in three easy charts

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