Nothing very exciting, but it is a lot better than New York's numbers. The Pataki numbers show total statewide personal income growth that is 9 times faster than job growth. That's more evidence of wealth concentrating in fewer hands. These same trends are evident nationally, but are not so extreme as in New York. Perversely, some of the Wall Street bonuses and corporate profits that bring in more tax revenues result from workers getting fired.
Executive contracts give incentives for increasing stock value.
Downsizing is a sure-fire way to accomplish that.