Posted on 05/18/2014 4:08:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
London is home to 72 of Britain’s 104 sterling billionaires
London has more billionaires than any other city in the world, and Britain has more billionaires per head of population than any other country, new data showed on Saturday.
The survey of Britain’s super-rich compiled for the Sunday Times newspaper is likely to prompt debate in a country where many still struggle financially and where food banks are a fact of life, despite economic growth recently returning to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crash.
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Interesting. I was going to guess Moscow, but I can see London as well.
Not bad for a socialist country.
This tends to happen in socialists countries. The connected become very wealthy and the middle class disappears.
Heard something amazing the other day:
The number of real BUTLERS in London is more today than it ever was, and they almost all work for RUSSIANS in London..!
And they are the biggest promoters of collectivism because only the poor and the rich benefit by it. Plus, it keeps the competition at bay.
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