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      Steps Biden Should Take to Rein in Excessive CEO Pay

      The president has the power to use federal contracting standards to encourage pay equity and respect for labor rights at companies like Amazon.

      Sarah Anderson
      Jul 31, 2022

      Working families are getting hammered by inflation while corporate leaders and politicians are calling for belt-tightening. But there's one group of Americans that's actually profited from increasing prices.

      One pending bill would use tax incentives to encourage companies to narrow their divides -- the wider the gap between a company's CEO and worker pay, the higher their corporate tax rate.

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      Debunking Four Myths About Inflation

      Higher prices are not being driven by wage increases. They were not driven by federal assistance to people during the pandemic. And Democrats aren't to blame.

      Robert Reich
      Jul 29, 2022

      The truth about inflation is getting covered up by countless myths spewed by corporations and their political lackeys.

      Here are the facts:

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      Truck Drivers Are Grossly Underpaid and Work Under Immoral Corporate Bosses

      Truckers are underpaid, overworked, endangered and even dehumanized by bosses who install surveillance cameras, sensors, and other technology to record and report every twitch a driver makes.

      Jim Hightower
      Mar 30, 2022

      The recent traffic-clogging protests in Canada, Washington, D.C., Europe and elsewhere by long- and short-haul truck drivers were about them being angry over having to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates--right?

      Uh... no. That's the line being put out by right-wing extremists trying to use the legitimate gripes of truckers for their own political gain. As usual, the extremists are nuts--not the truckers.

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