World's Richest Now Richer Than Before Great Recession

[Steelplate]

Compare the US to Mexico, or Russia or any other country you choose. The percentage will be about the same. It's a simple fact. A few are presented with the opportunities to get very wealthy. It is not a "national shame" it is life. get over it. Or conversly you could work hard and become one of those you despise. Of course that takes work. Something I fear you don't like much.

File:Gini Coefficient World CIA Report 2009.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ok... take a look... read the description of the map below to figure out where we stand.

Find something other than wiki my friend. they are not a credible source for anything.

You are a moron... look where the MAP came from... World CIA REPORT ring a bell? I don't use Wiki if they don't have legitimate sources.

 

[westwall]

File:Gini Coefficient World CIA Report 2009.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ok... take a look... read the description of the map below to figure out where we stand.

Find something other than wiki my friend. they are not a credible source for anything.

You are a moron... look where the MAP came from... World CIA REPORT ring a bell? I don't use Wiki if they don't have legitimate sources.

As I said, people modify wiki pages all the time, thus they are not a suitable source. Find it elsewhere. If it were a university or a government site I have no problem with it. Wiki is useless for the aforementioned issue.

 

[georgephillip]

Anybody modified Matt lately?

"But if you want to see a real asshole, (without looking in the closest mirror) you have to somehow get invited to things like the $5 million birthday party of another guy on Sirota's list, private equity creep Steven Schwarzman.

"After throwing his elaborate fete for himself, Schwarzman -- who is said to make $400 million a year, and made $600 million when his company went public -- compared Barack Obama to Hitler for even considering rolling back his carried-interest exemption, which, again, allows him to pay 15% taxes while some of the rest of us pay twice that or more. 'It's a war,' he said. 'It's like when Hitler invaded Poland.'

"If you think your local Andy Griffith is a greedy pig because he retired in his forties and built an addition to his garage with your tax money, try hanging out with a guy who eats $400 crabs, throws himself $5 million parties where he is serenaded by Rod Stewart and Patti Labelle (who sang 'Happy Birthday'), and then compares the president to Hitler when word leaks out that he might have to pay taxes at the same rate as a firefighter or a kindergarten teacher."

Greed, Excess and America's Gaping Class Divide | Common Dreams

 

[Neotrotsky]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year.

She reported a minimum of $43.4 million in assets

 

[Rozman]

So you think things are headed in the right direction? Under Obama?


This is where you get to look like a hypocrite...and Go!

If Obama had his druthers, he'd find a way to tax the shit out of every person he views as having "too much". Oh wait....He's already said he'd do that.... To everyone who makes over $125k per year....The rich...

LOL, now it's 125k a year? I love how the "facts" always seem to change. Care to back any of this up? Of course you won't. Because you just made that up. How Convenient.

LOL, now it's 125k a year?

It's always been $125,000...$250,000 per couple....
This is the starting point.Anything above this is considered rich by this administration.Rich and evil and regarded as having TOO much according to the Libs on this board.

 

[georgephillip]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year.

She reported a minimum of $43.4 million in assets

There's no shortage of millionaires in the US congress.

Since the richest Americans seldom socialize with anyone outside their economic class, parasites like Pelosi shed crocodile tears for homeowners while bailing out the bankers responsible for felonious foreclosures.

I still don't see any solution that comes from "choosing" between Democrat OR Republican in the voting booth.

 

[Neotrotsky]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year.

She reported a minimum of $43.4 million in assets

There's no shortage of millionaires in the US congress.

Since the richest Americans seldom socialize with anyone outside their economic class, parasites like Pelosi shed crocodile tears for homeowners while bailing out the bankers responsible for felonious foreclosures.

I still don't see any solution that comes from "choosing" between Democrat OR Republican in the voting booth.

I hear you
This is really a by product of the crony capitalism we have developed over time

 

[georgephillip]

If Obama had his druthers, he'd find a way to tax the shit out of every person he views as having "too much". Oh wait....He's already said he'd do that.... To everyone who makes over $125k per year....The rich...

LOL, now it's 125k a year? I love how the "facts" always seem to change. Care to back any of this up? Of course you won't. Because you just made that up. How Convenient.

LOL, now it's 125k a year?

It's always been $125,000...$250,000 per couple....
This is the starting point.Anything above this is considered rich by this administration.Rich and evil and regarded as having TOO much according to the Libs on this board.

Why do you think Republicans AND Democrats have crafted tax policies that place someone earning $250,000 a year in the same tax bracket with those earning $250,000,000 per year?

Robert Reich in "The Growing Desperation of..." has recommended a few new brackets:

"Under my proposal, incomes between $5 million and $15 million would be subjected to a 60 percent rate, and incomes between $500,000 and $5 million to a 50 percent rate.

Importantly, my proposal calls for a substantial rate reduction for families with incomes under $100,000..."

Incomes over $15, 000,000 per year would be taxed at 70% if Reich had his way.

 

[georgephillip]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year.

She reported a minimum of $43.4 million in assets

There's no shortage of millionaires in the US congress.

Since the richest Americans seldom socialize with anyone outside their economic class, parasites like Pelosi shed crocodile tears for homeowners while bailing out the bankers responsible for felonious foreclosures.

I still don't see any solution that comes from "choosing" between Democrat OR Republican in the voting booth.

I hear you
This is really a by product of the crony capitalism we have developed over time

Crony capitalism and the need of elected Republicans AND Democrats to support the interests of the richest 1% of voters since that same one percent supplies the majority of campaign donations.

My biggest fear regarding capitalism in general is that technology has eliminated so many jobs that capitalism can no longer supply jobs to all who need one without sacrificing profit.

That will likely never happen.
The God of the Collection Plate won't permit it.