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> The average American only made 60K in 2022

The average American does not run an organisation that delivered food for 90 million meals to residents of the greater Boston area last year.

> to the average voter, this salary is obscene

Any salary above minimum wage will seem obscene to the average voter if they're already inclined to dislike the person making the salary. But if you told them what that salary entails, and what Fortune 500 companies pay execs with similar responsibilities, they probably wouldn't think it so crazy.



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