Posted on 10/22/2011 1:18:30 PM PDT by Cardhu
Anti-corporatism protesters across the United States are not satisfied with the econoimc situation, saying that only one percent of the country's population has the nation's wealth.
Among the top one percent category are the following:
Warren Buffett...................USD 39 billion (Berkshire Hathaway)
Charles Koch.....................USD 25 billion (Koch Industries Inc)
George Soros.....................USD 22 billion (Soros Fund Management)
Sheldon Adelson................USD 21.5 billion (Las Vegas Sands Corp)
Michael Bloomberg.............USD 19.5 billion (Bloomberg L.P)
John Paulson......................USD 15.5 billion (Paulson & Co)
Carl Icahn............................USD 13 billion (Viacom)
Anne Cox Chambers.................USD 12 billion (Cox Enterprises)
Ronald Perelman.......................USD 12 billion (MacAndrews & Forces Holdings Inc)
Abigail Johnson.....................USD 11.7 billion (Fidelity Investments)
But the list of the rich is longer than just a few names. Many believe there are a number of less publicized tycoons who have amassed an absolute fortune and like other corporations they were unaffected by economic fluctuations such as the 2008 recession and the costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have not had any substantial bearing on their political and economic prowess.
Nearly 2,000 people have been arrested across the US simply for participating in peaceful protests against top level corruption.
Protesters blame Wall Street and big corporations for their country's deepening crisis, saying they have had enough of capitalism and want an end to economic inequality.
Protesters say they represent 99 percent of Americans mainly the middle class.
"What I would say is that people are incredibly eager to put questions of economic inequality back on the table in a way that is acceptable to the 99 percent of the American people," one protester said.
Protesters believe that their lives have been negatively affected by the one percent of Americans who have accumulated huge wealth by means of corporatism.
They also ask why only one percent of the population of over 300 million should pocket almost 40 percent of the nation's wealth as the one percent rich own half of America's stocks and bonds.
Next year...I’m cracking the top 1,000,000.
You lucky dog... do you want to hear a hard luck story? :)
Soros’ New Plan: The Phoenix Group
Wed Apr 20, 2005
At a highly secretive meeting of “progressives” in Scottsdale, Arizona, George Soros began laying long-term plans to use his vast wealth to tilt US politics to the far left: Soros says be patient. (snip)
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15536_Soros_New_Plan-_The_Phoenix_Group&only=yes
Consider the source: Press TV is the Iranian state television network. You know, the country that wants to obliterate Israel, took our embassy hostage, supplies terrorists with weapons, etc.
Duh!
Nearly 2,000 people have been arrested across the US simply for participating in peaceful protests against top level corruption.
They were arrested for breaking the law not for simply peacefully protesting. What a load of crap!!
To find top-level corruption go to the White House!
Other than Soros, I see a lot of people there who employ a LOT of people and create goods and services others freely choose to purchase.
I was running the numbers in my head, and I really wonder what the income of those people at the bottom of the “1%” is compared to the average household income. Is there a list somewhere of these 3 million people who are to blame? What if there WAS a list - do these protesters actually plan to physically force 3 million people to give up their assets for re-distribution by the fools in Zuccoti Park? I’ve also got a question for these folks — what about their drug dealer friends? Obviously THEY have lots of money, too... Only they don’t pay taxes, and there is no record of how much they have. I’d LOVE to see these fools go after some of THOSE people — the cartel runners who have MILLIONS, but CAN’T pay taxes, or they’d be in jail! LOL
They're wrong. The 1% always wants to keep their wealth, or make more, so they invest in businesses that will provide for that. Those businesses hire people to work for them, thus providing an income to people in lower tax brackets.
There are many others who might have wanted to start businesses so that they could build their own wealth, unfortunately, the liberals, over the last 30 years, have made it more difficult for businesses to get started, and remain competitive.
The protesters should be in DC, in front of the White House and Congress, because in those two places are those who caused the slow-down in the economy, the collapse of the housing market, and the lack of well paid jobs.
Those OWS creeps don’t represent me at all.
Forbes:
400 Billionaires
http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/
No doubt there are a few beneath the radar. There is one in my hometown.
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