2015-04-15

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2015-04-15 04:33 pm

statistics

Тhe average CEO earned $178,400 last year, the average worker earned $46,440, and the “CEO-to-worker pay ratio” was 3.84:1.

Of course, "average CEO" isn't very meaningful, since CEO of IBM and CEO of a 5-person company are worlds apart, but that's the data. 
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2015-04-15 11:03 pm

unaccountable

Клинтон борется с засильем денег в политике:

“We need to fix our dysfunctional political system and get unaccountable money out of it once and for all,” the Democrat said during a roundtable at Kirkwood Community College. “Even if that takes a constitutional amendment.”

Разумеется, речь идёт только о "неподотчётных" деньгах. Те же деньги, которые подотчётны Клинтонам, совсем другое дело:

[M]any close to Clinton estimate she will raise and spend $1.5-to-$2 billion.