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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “The average CEO made 50 times what their employee makes. Now…”

Featuring: Curtis Hertel Jr., Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 7

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Senator Hertel answers questions on the pandemic and politics

Published | Video Starts at 13:11

I think it's the number one issue that was ignored by politicians too long. The fact that in, you know, 30 years ago, The average CEO made 50 times what their employee makes. Now they make 300. At some point, you know, where's it gone too far? And so I have enormous amount of respect for Senator Sanders, and I'm not going to tell him he have to drop out of an election. (13:11–13:16)

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Asserts that the pay gap between CEOs and employees has increased from 50 times to 300 times.

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