@cicerone imposter,
Well in the case at hand we had one pasted reference that said that in the USA the ratio of CEO pay to that of "workers" was 475, and another that said it was 200. Oddly no one noted the large difference or questioned the veracity of the sources or just why the values are so high here compared to other nations.
I pointed out that both valus were based on extremely vague definitions of just whay constituted the "workers" involved. Did that data represent the average pay of all employees, or the pay of the lowest stratum of them. What was the alleged source of the data ? Neither posted reference acknowledged the source of their information or even offered a precise definition of just what constituted the "average worker". I pointed out that the large majority of employed folks in this country work for privately owned companies for which there is no reliable source of this data - it exists only for publically traded companies which tend to be much larger and, in aggregate, to empluy fewer emplouees.
I also pointed out that, based on my experience in several privately traded companies the ratios involved tended to be much smaller than alleged and that the ratio of the CEO's pay to the lowest tier of employees tended to be much higher than that of the average employee, (common sense), this making the unstated ddefinition of just what constituted "average worker" rather significant. I also noted that in my experience, which I know to be typical of very many private companies, ratios in the range of 9 to about 22 (depending on how one selects and labels "workers", are common - thus wiping out the alleged difference between us and other countries.
This isn't quite a proof of the point. However it does rather thoroughly demolish the nonsense pasted here taken from partisan sources on the internet. It also raises serious questions about the ability of some here to think seriously and critically for themselves.