Wealth Disparity via Oxfam

John Newman jnn at synfin.org
Tue Jan 17 10:27:13 PST 2017


On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 09:03:24PM -0800, Razer wrote:
> 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.


But Gates and Buffett have promised to give away 99% of their wealth...
when they die?  

When!!? Give that shit away now, profiteering scum

> 
> 
> 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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