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Related: About this forumRubin Report: These Are the 10 Wealthiest Americans
According to the latest edition of the Forbes 400 - America's wealthiest are worth more than ever - with the top 400 billionaires worth $2.3trillion. Watch the video to find out who the top 10 richest Americans are.
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#0 sez: "To the right wingers who say 'you just don't understand economics' I say 'If you still believe in the trickle down theory, then I understand economics a whole lot better than you do'."
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Rubin Report: These Are the 10 Wealthiest Americans (Original Post)
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Oct 2014
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SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)1. Bring back the progressive income tax rates of the 1950s and raise the minimum wage to $15.
The fact that there are 4 Waltons in the top 10 is a vivid example of the wage theft by the very rich from the working poor. It is 21st Century feudalism.
I love that they point out Walmart employees did a Thanksgiving food drive for themselves last year, begging for cans of food--from fellow employees--so that destitute fellow employees can have a Thanksgiving dinner. Meanwhile, the owners of Walmart fill up the top ten list of richest Americans. Sickening.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,574 posts)2. Here's what I notice about lists like these.........
where is the Bush Family? They are never mentioned.
valerief
(53,235 posts)4. They never include die Führer, do they? nt
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. Just imagine the amounts and new names we'd be seeing if the offshore
hideaway money was included.