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World’s 85 richest have same wealth as 3.5 billion poorest (says Oxfam)
NBC News ^
| January 20, 2014
| Li Anne Wong
Posted on 01/20/2014 11:46:25 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Oxfam have to be at least as useless as the UN.
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posted on
01/20/2014 11:46:25 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
How many people do those 85 individuals employ? Funny that they don’t tell you that, huh?
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posted on
01/20/2014 11:47:32 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes, that’s conveniently left out.
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posted on
01/20/2014 11:48:14 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
People working in teams achieve more, than working individually. A team needs a leader, so we have 85 leaders and 85 teams. I see no problem with all this state-of-the-things until the 85 have adequate merits.
To: Olog-hai
3.5 billion of the poorest peopleCounting the poorest doesn't exactly set a high bar, does it?
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:02:03 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: Jeff Chandler
The real threat to human dignity and cause of poverty is the governments that control nearly 100% of the world’s wealth.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:04:36 AM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: Louis Foxwell
And here comes Oxfam looking to give those governments even more control over it than they possess already.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:07:49 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
When I was a child this sort of anti-wealth screed sounded sensible.
But then I grew up.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:07:57 AM PST
by
Bobalu
(Happiness is a fast ISR)
To: Olog-hai
The combined wealth of the worlds richest 85 people is now equivalent to that owned by half of the worlds populationor 3.5 billion of the poorest peopleaccording to a new report from Oxfam.
Well then - let's immediately strip every penny from these 85 people and share that money equally among those 3.5 billion of the poorest people. And then, when absolutely no appreciable difference is made in the lives of those 3.5 billion people by this act, let's maybe take a moment to realize that the dreaded problem of "income inequality" is just a fig leaf for self-righteous envy, and that the leftists who keep talking about this problem don't want it solved, they want it to grow and fester to give them cover for more taxes.
To: Freelance Warrior
Of course, the left sees government as the only “team” one should be on.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:08:36 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Of course. Just another power grab via demagoguery.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:10:19 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:14:13 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: Olog-hai
Anyone who stokes envy is a communist by any name.
Communism is a philosophy built on a foundation of envy. It falsely points to the "upper classes" as the cause of your own misery. Ironically, it manages to make someone else poorer without making you any richer.
To: Olog-hai
The big problem here is that few know what “wealth” is... it is NOT money or income. A middle-class household with 2 moderate income-earners can have zero wealth if they are renting their home, are leasing their vehicles, have no stock portfolio, etc. A few hundred million people can easily fit in that mold, and have a net total wealth equal to that of your neighbor’s cat.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:25:23 AM PST
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.
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01/21/2014 12:26:59 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Well then - let's immediately strip every penny from these 85 people and share that money equally among those 3.5 billion of the poorest people. Actually, that $1.83T translates to $520 per person and would make an appreciable difference in their lives for a year or in some cases for as long as three years. The big difference would be what happened when that money was gone. I don't want to see what the world would look like for the poor (and these people would remain desperately poor) if we wiped out the wealth of our 85 most productive individuals.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:36:56 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“How many people do those 85 individuals employ?”
How many of those 85 are associated with either the Democratic Party, The Soros Group, or The Open Society Institute?
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:45:08 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
To: stormhill
>> Anyone who stokes envy is a commie
Excellent!
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:46:09 AM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Pollster1
“The big difference would be what happened when that money was gone.”
80% will be broke, and 20% will control all the wealth. Basic human sociology.
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posted on
01/21/2014 12:47:03 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
To: Nailbiter
“Well then - let’s immediately strip every penny from these 85 people”
Lets experiment- starting with Soros and working on down from that point.
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