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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Hoyt

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4. To put that in perspective, if you took every penny from those 80 billionaires, you'd only have $634

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 04:35 PM

Apr 2015

give to each person in that one half of humanity (assume 6 Billion folks in this mess with us). (Using 3.5 billion, it would be even less -- $544).

And that makes a big assumption, the paper assets those 80 billionaires own, don't drop like a rock.

Point is, simply taking from the rich ain't gonna get us where we want to be. On the other hand, not taking/taxing a fair share, makes the effort even harder.

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The Richest 85 People in the World Have as Much Wealth As the Poorest 3.5bn--This won't end well [View all] KoKo Apr 2015 OP

A disgusted k&r. bunnies Apr 2015 #1

If the IMF was really worried they would change their own practices and help the poor instead of jwirr Apr 2015 #2

They're not banksters aspirant Apr 2015 #3

To put that in perspective, if you took every penny from those 80 billionaires, you'd only have $634 Hoyt Apr 2015 #4

Truth.... KoKo Apr 2015 #6

Show your math. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #8

Add it up and divide by 3 billion people. You too lazy to do that yourself? Hoyt Apr 2015 #9

Am I too lazy? I didn't make the claim. Those that throw the lazy claim around, usually are. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #10

So, you didn't find an error. Hoyt Apr 2015 #11

more like "this won't end", period Doctor_J Apr 2015 #5

KoKo, as you know, a lot of people believe this condition is just fine—what God ordained. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #7