claim: "the top 10 most well-paid ceos in america received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average american worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
author: dennis kucinich
evidence_1: in the united states, the compensation of company executives is distinguished by  the forms it takes and its dramatic rise over the past three decades and wide- ranging criticism leveled against it. in the past three decades in america  executive compensation or pay has .... in 2012, the highest-paid ceo in the us  was lawrence j. ellison of oracle, ...
evidence_2: "the top 10 most well-paid ceos in america received a combined $770 million in  2010, while the average american worker's wage rose just 2 percent.".
evidence_3: ... prices both rose 2.9 percent over the year ending june 2018 (10/01/2018) ...  higher wage workers more likely than lower wage workers to have paid leave  benefits ... delaware had highest percentage increase in average hourly  earnings from july ..... and wages in large u.s. counties, september 2009– september 2010 ...
evidence_4: "the top 10 most well-paid ceos in america received a combined $770 million in  2010, while the average american worker's wage rose just 2 percent.".
evidence_5: is larger than the average wage gap for all workers. ... during the last 35 years,  as women have increased their time in the labor market .... wage and salary  workers were just over five in ten workers in 2015 (58.5 ... u.s. bureau of labor  statistics, curent population survey. ... combination of occupational segregation  and.