> One way to do this is pay ratio caps at companies. It's pretty hard to argue against this: if you really believe that wealth trickles down, then you should have no problem trusting but verifying that.
That's not what trickle-down economics was ever about, to my understanding. But more importantly, a plan like you suggest would surely increase the user of contractors, rendering these the proposed pay ratio impotent.
Yes, there are loopholes that need to be closed. The same as any short description of a complex economic policy. I'm not sure why you think this problem is insurmountable: states already have regulations around who may be considered contractors.
States do have rules around considering individuals to be contractors. I don't know of any laws that do the same with regard to contracted companies — for example, the company that employs the people who clean the bathrooms at FB. This seems much harder to overcome with regulations.
That's not what trickle-down economics was ever about, to my understanding. But more importantly, a plan like you suggest would surely increase the user of contractors, rendering these the proposed pay ratio impotent.