CEO/Worker Pay Gap: The Neglected Campaign Issue

We now turn to an issue that is not exactly at the forefront of this year’s presidential race. And that is the enormous gap in the pay of CEOs and workers in this country. Perhaps one of the reasons that this is not a big issue is that Dick Cheney is on the Republican ticket as George Bush’s vice presidential candidate. Cheney received compensation worth an estimated $38 million, including future stock options, when he retired recently as chairman of oil services firm Halliburton, the nation’s fifth largest military contractor.


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