Working Americans create the wealth. The powerful extract it.
It’s time to change the rules.
EVERY DAY,
WORKING AMERICANS POWER THE ECONOMY.
We stock the shelves, deliver the packages, care for the sick, and build the products that generate billions in profits. Yet while we work harder than ever, a small group of billionaires and corporations capture more and more of the value we create.
In 2023, the average CEO of an S&P 500 company made 272 TIMES more than their median worker.
This means that by noon on January 3rd, many CEOs had already earned what their average employee will make all year.
LET'S FACE THE FACTS, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT EXECUTIVE PAY
We make minimum wage.
They take our Medicaid.
While working families struggle to get by on minimum wage, politicians are cutting the healthcare programs we depend on to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. In 2025, the federal minimum wage is officially a “poverty wage,” yet Republican budget proposals seek to cut Medicaid and make it harder to access through work requirements.
We make Big Tech rich.
They take control over our lives.
Our data, our attention, and our connections generate massive profits for tech billionaires who then use that power to manipulate what we see, think, and buy. Social media algorithms are designed to keep us engaged, often at the expense of our mental health and democratic discourse.
We make Amazon profitable.
They pay almost nothing in taxes.
Amazon workers generate billions in profits for Jeff Bezos, while the company pays little to nothing in federal taxes, leaving working families to fund the roads, bridges, and services that make Amazon’s business possible. In 2018, Amazon paid $0 in federal income taxes on more than $11 billion in profits and actually received a $129 million tax rebate.
We make American companies profitable.
They take our jobs overseas.
We build companies into profitable enterprises, then watch executives ship our jobs to other countries while pocketing the savings and leaving entire communities behind. Between 2000 and 2019, approximately 5 million manufacturing jobs were lost in the United States due to outsourcing abroad, while corporate profits hit all-time highs.
THE PATTERN IS CLEAR.
This isn’t about individual bad actors—it’s about a rigged system. When working people create value, those at the top extract it. When we need support, they cut it. When they need help, they get bailouts.
JOIN US
More Perfect Union is exposing this rigged system and building a movement to ensure that those who create America’s wealth get their fair share.
Join us to demand an economy that works for the people who make it work.
Because when working Americans unite across our differences, we can rewrite the rules that have been stacked against us.