Report: US Tax Dollars Funding Exhorbitant CEO Pay
<div class='node-body'><p>While austerity hits everyday Americans, seemingly scarce tax dollars are being squeezed from their pockets to fund exorbitant CEO pay, according to a report released Thursday from the <a href="http://www.ips-dc.org">Institute for Policy Studies</a> (IPS).</p>
<p>According to the thinktank's 19th consecutive <em>Executive Excess</em> report, <em>The CEO Hands in Uncle Sam's Pocket</em>, "Our nation’s tax code has become a powerful enabler of bloated CEO pay."</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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