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Between 1990 and 2000, the average worker's pay rose 37%.

Between 1990 and 2000, the average CEO's pay rose 571%.

The gap between the pay of U.S. workers and the CEOs of their companies has leapt from 42-1 in 1982 to in 2002.

A Haitian worker sewing Disney garments would need 156 years to earn what Disney CEO Michael Eisner earned in one hour based on his 1996 salary.

In the United States the richest 1% own more wealth than the bottom 95%, and the CEOs of large corporations earn more than 500 times what their average employees make.

The nation's 13,000 wealthiest families, 1/100th of one percent of the population, receive almost as much income as the poorest 20 million families in America.

As every CEO and executive knows, education and common sense are the true enemies of profit.