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jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

4. Probably ought to add zeroes to that. The 85 richest make $500,000 a minute,

Reply to Unknown Beatle (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 07:40 PM

Nov 2014

collectively, and have more assets than the "poorest" half of people combined, here.

Think of how many minutes since the Ferguson decision - they made billions in a week. I suspect they appreciate our squabbling with each other. More opportunities for the "...time to profit is when blood is running in the streets" crowd.