World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%

[the other mike]

Marie Antoinette, one of the most well-remembered queens in history, once said " let them eat cake "... ( well it was actually let them eat brioche or “Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.”

The 2018 count shows 552,800 people without homes across the country, up by about 2,000 from 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's point-in-time tally. It was the second consecutive increase after seven straight years of declines.

The number of homeless referred to as unsheltered — those living in the streets, encampments or other open places — was more than 194,000 nationwide. That also was up from last year.

The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the 26 richest billionaires own as many assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of the planet’s population.

In an annual wealth check released to mark the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the development charity Oxfam said 2018 had been a year in which the rich had grown richer and the poor poorer.

World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam

One man could end world hunger, but he won’t – by Lee Camp
One man could end world hunger, but he won’t – by Lee Camp

 

[rightwinger]

That is why they need a tax cut

 

[Darkwind]

How much food have they taken off of your table?

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Marie Antoinette, one of the most well-remembered queens in history, once said " let them eat cake "... ( well it was actually let them eat brioche or “Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.”

The 2018 count shows 552,800 people without homes across the country, up by about 2,000 from 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's point-in-time tally. It was the second consecutive increase after seven straight years of declines.

The number of homeless referred to as unsheltered — those living in the streets, encampments or other open places — was more than 194,000 nationwide. That also was up from last year.

The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the 26 richest billionaires own as many assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of the planet’s population.

In an annual wealth check released to mark the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the development charity Oxfam said 2018 had been a year in which the rich had grown richer and the poor poorer.

World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam

So what? Most of the planet is an open sewer, populated by primevals.

Go start a successful company, with a product the world wants, and stop whining.

 

[the other mike]

Go start a successful company, with a product the world wants, and stop whining.

Who's whining ?

 

[saveliberty]

Making people dependent on redistribution changes nothing.

 

[jasonnfree]

I believe if one man ended up owning more wealth than the bottom 99% of the world's entire population, the right wing apologists and suck asses of the very wealthy would show up defending him and say something like 'work a little harder and you could be just like him'.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

I believe if one man ended up owning more wealth than the bottom 99% of the world's entire population, the right wing apologists and suck asses of the very wealthy would show up defending him and say something like 'work a little harder and you could be just like him'.

Well, you'd need a little talent along with the work.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Marie Antoinette, one of the most well-remembered queens in history, once said " let them eat cake "... ( well it was actually let them eat brioche or “Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.”

The 2018 count shows 552,800 people without homes across the country, up by about 2,000 from 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's point-in-time tally. It was the second consecutive increase after seven straight years of declines.

The number of homeless referred to as unsheltered — those living in the streets, encampments or other open places — was more than 194,000 nationwide. That also was up from last year.

The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the 26 richest billionaires own as many assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of the planet’s population.

In an annual wealth check released to mark the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the development charity Oxfam said 2018 had been a year in which the rich had grown richer and the poor poorer.

World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam

One man could end world hunger, but he won’t – by Lee Camp
One man could end world hunger, but he won’t – by Lee Camp

Productive people earn more than an unskilled guy sitting in a slum in Burkina Faso.

 

[aaronleland]

I believe if one man ended up owning more wealth than the bottom 99% of the world's entire population, the right wing apologists and suck asses of the very wealthy would show up defending him and say something like 'work a little harder and you could be just like him'.

Unless you're a rich liberal like Zuckerberg, Soros, Buffett or Bezos. Then you're the devil.

 

[Dale Smith]

The problem with leftards is the result of not knowing how this fiat currency system of debt slavery works, the mechanisms behind it. The .0000001 percent make the rules because they control 99 percent of the "money" created. Leftards believe that by "taxing" those that make over 200k a year at 70 percent that their pathetic lives will be easier and would be provided "cradle to grave" protection.

Knowledge is power and leftards don't have enough energy to light a single match......

 

[The Purge]

Jealousy is an ugly liberal trait!

 

[KissMy]

How much food have they taken off of your table?

$500 a month

 

[KissMy]

I believe if one man ended up owning more wealth than the bottom 99% of the world's entire population, the right wing apologists and suck asses of the very wealthy would show up defending him and say something like 'work a little harder and you could be just like him'.

They do say that every day. They long to be ruled over by an all powerful King.

 

[rightwinger]

I believe if one man ended up owning more wealth than the bottom 99% of the world's entire population, the right wing apologists and suck asses of the very wealthy would show up defending him and say something like 'work a little harder and you could be just like him'.

They would still call the 99% lazy