October 12, 2013
I support Dodd-Frank rule 953(b), which strikes me as being all about the intersection of pay equity and investor value.
American workers are more productive than ever, but, year after year, studies show working Americans earning less and less, even as CEO pay balloons and corporate profits soar.
Disclosing corporate pay ratios between CEOs and average employees will finally show which corporations are driving this trend, which siphons money away from investors, and into the pockets of CEOs. In 1990, senior executive pay absorbed 5 percent of corporate profits. Today, according to Government Metrics International, it absorbs 10 percent.
Fairer pay structures mean stronger companies and a stronger economy – both of which are important to me as a consumer and as an investor.
No doubt there are a select few who benefit from the status quo of keeping the pay disparities undisclosed. Stand firm, and implement the law as written.
There's only one reason I can think of for you not to disclose how much your CEOs rake in, and that's because it would enrage the ordinary citizens who are just trying to survive. Clue: It has already pissed off plenty of us. Like all the people you ruined in the 2008 crash. Are you sleeping well at night? Do your children know what you have done to America?
Thank you for considering my comment,
marylina berndt
Arlington, TX