Wall Street Wages Double in 25 Years as Everyone Else’s Languish
- Trump, Sanders capitalize on Main Street anger over pay gap
- Bankers earned five times average for rest of U.S. in 2014
Pedestrians pass by the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Sept. 26, 2014.
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Dear Wall Street: Stop complaining about your pay.
Five years after Occupy Wall Street protesters took over Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan, spawning a national discussion about the divide between America’s highest and lowest earners, the pay gap has only gotten wider. Now, even as bankers bemoan their declining bonuses and job prospects, it’s helping fuel the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.