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Chuck Gould Chuck Gould is offline
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Default OT - The party of the rich is...

On Feb 8, 1:27�am, Tim wrote:

Don't have fact's 'n figures in front of me, but those numbers do
sound debateable .


Yes, those figures are wrong.

At least as of 2001, it was the top 1% (not 5%) that held almost 40%
of all private wealth in the US.

Some interesting tables and statistics at:

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesam...er/wealth.html