Executive compensation vs. Minimum Wage

“If there was hope, it must lie in the Proles because only there – in those swarming disregarded masses – could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated. …The Proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength. …They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. …Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it?”  – George Orwell’s 1984

GOOD’s executive compensation infographic shows the compensation levels of the business world’s top execs, with the number of minimum wage earners each super-suit’s take-home pay would support.

Top 8 of 2008 CEO Compensation

credited to boingboing.net