{"id":4000,"date":"2015-04-16T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2015-04-16T18:03:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T01:03:03","slug":"ceo-dan-price-gets-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=4000","title":{"rendered":"CEO Dan Price Gets It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s only April but we here at the Bucket already have a nominee for Person of the Year. <a title=\"CEO cuts his pay by almost $1 million to give his employees big raises\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/nationnow\/la-na-seattle-ceo-pay-20150415-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">CEO Dan Price of Seattle&#8217;s Gravity Payments, a credit card processing company, lowered his pay by a million dollars and raised the pay of his workers so that the minimum wage at his company is $70k a year<\/a>. Finally, a CEO that gets it! Since the &#8217;80s, when Reaganomics brought upon massive deregulation, CEO salaries have skyrocketed so that now <a title=\"Median pay for CEOs rises above $10 million in 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-ceo-pay-20140527-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">the average difference between CEO and worker salary in America, is around 257:1<\/a>. For comparison purposes, in other countries, <a title=\"The pay gap between CEOs and workers is much worse than you realize\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2014\/09\/25\/the-pay-gap-between-ceos-and-workers-is-much-worse-than-you-realize\/\" target=\"_blank\">gaps range from between 28 in Poland to 148 in Switzerland (this report also reports the American gap at 354:1)<\/a>. This move by Dan Price is a breath of fresh air. Now if only more CEOs would follow his lead, workers would finally be able to have a living wage. They would have more money to not only afford the basics but also buy other items, which will in turn help boost the economy.<strong> Kudos to Dan Price!!! We salute you!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4004\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?attachment_id=4004\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4004\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4004\" title=\"juggermartceoworkersalary\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/juggermartceoworkersalary.jpg\" alt=\"Billionaire President and CEO of Juggermart, Lawrence T. Juggers, says Dan Price is wrong and that CEOs need to treat employees like the scum they are.\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/juggermartceoworkersalary.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/juggermartceoworkersalary-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billionaire President and CEO of Juggermart, Lawrence T. Juggers, demonstrates why most Americans view today&#39;s CEOs as being greedy assholes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s only April but we here at the Bucket already have a nominee for Person of the Year. 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