"At a town hall meeting in Ohio last Saturday, Representative Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a staunch advocate for social and economic rights--he and Bernie Sanders are the two best candidates running for Senate in 2006--railed against stagnant wages' contribution to economic hardship. "It is unacceptable that someone can work full-time--and work hard--and not be able to lift their family out of poverty." He blasted a system where a full-time worker making the minimum wage earns $10,500 annually, while "last year the CEO of Wal-Mart earned $3,500 an hour. The CEO of Halliburton earned about $8,300 an hour. And the CEO of ExxonMobil earned about $13,700 an hour."Katrina vanden Heuvel-The Nation Damn - I guess the ExxonMobil CEO won't be worrying about gas at $3 a gallon. Matter of fact, he's looking forward to $4! [BTW, $13,700 an hour comes to about $28.5 million annually at 2,080 hours]
