Here are the 85 richest:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/
My question is: What does this comparison reveal? Of what use is it
other than to point up the fact that 85 wealthy people have as much
money as the half the worlds people who are the poorest? Some will say
that the world has become a plutocracy since these wealthy people meet
in Davos yearly and plan the worlds direction. Is that necessarily
bad? Historically, the world has seen many plutocracies large and
small. Some are of great value to the citizens in their realm such as
was the plutocracy that controlled Venice, the richest city in Europe
during the Middle Ages. It's citizens prospered due to the decisions of
the wealthy families of Venice.
Currently the U.S. has the most billionaires and the U.S. is the most
prosperous nation on earth. Barring bad luck, we Americans prosper
according to our ambitions, abilities, wisdom, and intelligence. I was
born in 1929 and I've seen the U.S. grow from a time when many thought
it was doomed, to the richest and most powerful nation on earth, and
many of the people who saved it were wealthy or those who sought
wealth. Great leaders come in all sizes, shapes, temperaments, and
ambitions; and they often become wealthy. As long as a nation such as
the US remains a democracy, wealthy people who become a threat can be
suppressed; one way or another.
(End of rant)
Gerry
On 1/22/2014 10:46 PM, G Mann wrote:
It's a well established statistic that 100% of all statistics are false.
[Tongue in firmly in cheek ;)) ]
If the statement is true that 85 people hold that kind of wealth, then who
are they, what do they do, and why doesn't the writer who made that
statement support the statement with fact and details?
"Show Me"
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
Sounds like the redistribution of wealth that is being touted heavily --
"wealthy" taxpayers support lower-wage workers, plenty of workers who will
take the jobs, what's not to like?
Who's the fool? Wally has it figured out and the sheeple and their
representatives willfully go along with it.
--R (typing with invisible hands)
On 1/22/14 4:56 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Walmart is able to charge so litle because it pays its workers so little.
Many of them are on public assistance to make ends meet because WM doesn't
pay them a living wage.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Tim Crone <bb...@crone.us> wrote:
On Jan 22, 2014 10:05 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
tax rate.
...Is a factor of income, not wealth.
Best,
Tim
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