Cool, so loosely translated 1st day, 2nd day, 3rd day, 4th day, 5th day, Saturday, Sunday?? That is amazing, confusing maybe, but amazing!
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income inequality*
Your math is correct but your argument is flawed, because you pick the wrong number. So you divide Microsofts CEO his total compensation over the other 227,999 employees, and conclude that means a $0,17 difference for 227,999 individuals every single hour they work that year. I have no clue how correct that is, but let's just assume you're right. Even though the tech sector generally pays quite well, there is probably someone working there for a minimum wage. But let's say the lowest paid staff costs Microsoft $17 hourly, you could give that person a 1% increase in salary this way. That might make a big difference, who knows.
Now let's assume the second and third best payed employees together make the same amount of money as the CEO and they also work for free from now on. That is another $0.17 every hour for all 227,997 remaining employees.
Now let's assume the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions pay as much as the ceo: another $0.17 every hour for all remaining 227,993 employees.
You can go on this way, but it's not really realistic with these numbers. Better might be, what if you progressively lower the top earning half and spread that among the lowest earning half. I am not going to make the math, but you can drastically improve the lives of the people earning the least.
You might be right, the salary of the ceo alone isn't the problem, but companies offering people in high-up positions more and more to be 'competitive for talent' while also offering the people earning the least less and less to be 'competitive economically' is a moral and these are the strategies and corporate values that a CEO decides on. Think about it, the people in the bottom sure as hell didn't get a 63% pay rise. Sure, a CEO can be the solution, but in most of the cases they are the problem.
Either statisticians don't know what centuries are or someone rigged this one
Even 3 months ago I'd agree with you, but if I see how much unthinkable stuff Trump did get done. Who knows he'll invade Mexico, kidnaps the gangs and then hires them to take control of Canada's oil fields & pipelines. Or hires Russians to throw Canadian politicians and oil field owners out of windows until Canada surrenders.
Europe here, we need it too
That sure is a good thing and we're going the right direction, sure, but globally we are still burning more fossil fuels than ever and also the effect fossil fuels have on the climate take 20 years to kick in (don't ask me for details IANA scientist), so now we're experiencing the damage we did until 2005 so yeah brace yourselves
That's just phase one, after that it will be a free-for-all becoming the most loyal faith ever
'We have links to the people government' never worked this well in silicon valley
Does this only work with 1st edition charizards?
Archived version of gizmodo's source for anyone interested: http://archive.today/2025.04.17-001346/https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-children-mothers-ashley-st-clair-grimes-dc7ba05c
:( what is you're country getting?