A successful parasite is one that is not recognized by its host

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4. There is a lot of room between the unemployed and those who fly only in private jets.

2008 Campaign Obama had good reason to single out those making over $250K a year.

In 2006, there were approximately 116,011,000 households in the United States. The percent of all households had annual incomes exceeding $250,000 was 1.93% .[8] About 12.3% fell below the federal poverty threshold[9] and the bottom 20% earned less than $19,178.[10] The aggregate income distribution is highly concentrated towards the top, with the top 6.37% earning roughly one third of all income, and those with upper-middle incomes controlling a large, though declining, share of the total earned income.[5][11]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States