Wealth Disparity via Oxfam

Razer g2s at riseup.net
Mon Jan 16 21:03:24 PST 2017


The Gang of Eight (snigger), all white males:

Bill Gates, Amancio Ortega(White skin Spaniard), Warren Buffett, Carlos
Slim Helu (White-skin Mexican, net worth about 6 percent of Mexico’s
gross domestic product), Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and
Michael Bloomberg.


On 01/16/2017 08:27 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_DAVOS_INEQUALITY
> https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/5o7xrx/stark_inequality_oxfam_says_8_men_as_rich_as_half/
>
> DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- The gap between the super-rich and the
> poorest half of the global population is starker than previously
> thought, with just eight men, from Bill Gates to Michael Bloomberg,
> owning as much wealth as 3.6 billion people, according to an analysis
> by Oxfam released Monday.
>
> Presenting its findings on the dawn of the annual gathering of the
> global political and business elites in the Swiss ski resort of Davos,
> anti-poverty organization Oxfam says the gap between the very rich and
> poor is far greater than just a year ago. It's urging leaders to do
> more than pay lip-service to the problem.
>
> If not, it warns, public anger against this kind of inequality will
> continue to grow and lead to more seismic political changes
>
> "It is obscene for so much wealth to be held in the hands of so few
> when 1 in 10 people survive on less than $2 a day,"

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