I could not agree more with the op-ed “Gilded age for college football” (Dec. 30, TribLive). Coaches are making 10 times what they made in the 1980s, adjusted for inflation, around 540 times what teaching graduate assistants make and over 400 times what adjunct professors make. This extreme income inequality carries over into our whole economy.
Over the last 40 years, CEO compensation skyrocketed 1,209.2%, while worker compensation only grew 15.3%.
Our runaway inequality is increasing the gap between the haves and have-nots, creating an economy rigged to serve the super rich at the expense of workers. The time is long overdue for Congress to address the rampant greed, inequality and destructiveness that is being caused by our current policies. We need an economy that serves humanity rather than exploits it.
Tell your lawmakers that all workers need a living wage, and all citizens must pay their fair share of taxes. We citizens deserve economic justice.
Julia Bojalad
North Huntingdon