Americans Unhappy With Salary Distribution

80% of Americans agree that top company managers have become rich at the expense of ordinary workers, including 47% who strongly agree, according to a Harris Poll released in November 2011. Results from the poll indicate a partisan divide, with Democrats (89%) more likely to hold this belief than Independents (81%) and Republicans (69%). However, although anti-corporate sentiment appears to be growing across the country, Americans are actually less likely to believe that managers are profiting at ordinary workers’ expense now than a decade ago: in 2002, 87% of Americans felt that way, including 58% who strongly agreed. (more…)