So many stats recently... Employment is edging up... finally.But private sector hiring is barely registering any increases. AndCEO pay continues to go up-now averaging 350 times more than thelowest paid company worker compared to about 25 times in 1960. Allthis while over the last decade the average worker´s compensationhas flat lined. The average guy is also losing benefits ashealthcare costs have spiked (as we all know), so his or herstandard of living actually has been declining. Then we have thehandful of hedge fund speculators, who thanks in part to tax policyand deregulation, can artfully game the financial system. Theydon´t create a lick of anything, but in 2009 made hundreds ofmillions and in some cases several billion dollars, partly bybanking smart bets on the taxpayer financed financial systembailout.
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