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I don't think it can be said too often: they'd still be rich. phantom power Dec 2013 #1
+1 Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #2
Imagine if Zuckerberg's wealth were cut in half overnight. Courtesy Flush Dec 2013 #6
1% of a billion is still one hundred million. I think that the numbers we talk about Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #8
<sigh> a perfect example ....... oldhippie Dec 2013 #12
lol - yep, exactly right . . . well said DrDan Dec 2013 #13
Indeed. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #15
Your math is off by a factor of 10. A hundred million is 10% of a billion. 10 million is 1%. nt Electric Monk Dec 2013 #14
See? Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #16
Can't really add much but I do want to express my disgust at conspicuous opulence. geckosfeet Dec 2013 #3
Ouch. That would hurt! 7962 Dec 2013 #5
Depends on how you spend it. Oklahoma, for example, has near the highest, if not the highest, number jtuck004 Dec 2013 #4
According to Oxfam edhopper Dec 2013 #7
That doesn't sound right. hughee99 Dec 2013 #19
Here is the Oxfam page edhopper Dec 2013 #20
Makes more sense. hughee99 Dec 2013 #21
still a eye opening example of edhopper Dec 2013 #22
But, to "the rich" one has to add the rich & undertaxed corporations BelgianMadCow Dec 2013 #9
I think taxes should approach 100% of some multiple of minimum wage... hunter Dec 2013 #10
If the RICH were forced to PAY for the Wars, bvar22 Dec 2013 #18
The article doesn't match the headline. Igel Dec 2013 #11
Huey Long's amazing speech from 1934 CrawlingChaos Dec 2013 #17
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