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8. The top 1% has $33 trillion, but this is a silly framing.

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 02:52 AM

Nov 2017

The "national debt" is not the same as, say, your credit card bill.

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3 Richest Americans Now Own More Wealth Than Bottom Half of US Combined [View all] queentonic Nov 2017 OP

knr nt Canoe52 Nov 2017 #1

They could pay our national debt and not miss the money. SeattlePop Nov 2017 #2

Exactly! Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2017 #4

The top 1% has $33 trillion, but this is a silly framing. PSPS Nov 2017 #8

What was being said queentonic Nov 2017 #10

How can you expect anyone to live on $13 Trillion? Yavin4 Nov 2017 #14

Everyone Rec This SeattlePop Nov 2017 #6

but but, people are just living beyond their means... nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2017 #11

The rich, in particular! FiveGoodMen Nov 2017 #17

K&R secondwind Nov 2017 #12

But dammit, they EARNED all that wealth! Wednesdays Nov 2017 #13

More like inheriting it. Yavin4 Nov 2017 #16

K & R...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #15

25 people have more money than 178 million of us combined! crosinski Nov 2017 #18