Forbes 400 richest Americans... These guys need tax cuts...

Special Report
The Forbes 400
Edited by Matthew Miller 09.20.07, 6:00 PM ET
One billion dollars is no longer enough. The price of admission to this, the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year. The collective net worth of the nation's mightiest plutocrats rose $290 billion to $1.54 trillion.

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I find it funny that this type of reality is allowed in any society.

Even in a primitive tribe, the garnering and hoarding of such a large proportion
of resources would not be permitted. Hell even ANIMALS would not let a member
of a pack or heard acquire/consume in this fashion.


Anyhow I dig capitalism to large degree but wouldn't a better description of these
economic realities be Plutocracy?

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The 400 Richest Americans
09.20.07, 6:00 PM ET


Rank Name Net Worth ($bil) Age Residence Source
1 William Gates III 59.0 51 Medina, WA Microsoft
2 Warren Buffett 52.0 77 Omaha, NE Berkshire Hathaway
3 Sheldon Adelson 28.0 74 Las Vegas, NV casinos, hotels
4 Lawrence Ellison 26.0 63 Redwood City, CA Oracle
5 Sergey Brin 18.5 34 Palo Alto, CA Google
5 Larry Page 18.5 34 San Francisco, CA Google
7 Kirk Kerkorian 18.0 90 Los Angeles, CA investments, casinos
8 Michael Dell 17.2 42 Austin, TX Dell
9 Charles Koch 17.0 71 Wichita, KS oil, commodities
9 David Koch 17.0 67 New York, NY oil, commodities
11 Paul Allen 16.8 54 Mercer Island, WA Microsoft, investments
12 Christy Walton & family 16.3 52 Jackson, WY Wal-Mart inheritance
12 S Robson Walton 16.3 63 Bentonville, AR Wal-Mart
12 Jim Walton 16.3 59 Bentonville, AR Wal-Mart
15 Alice Walton 16.1 58 Fort Worth, TX Wal-Mart
16 Steven Ballmer 15.2 51 Hunts Point, WA Microsoft
17 Abigail Johnson 15.0 45 Boston, MA Fidelity
18 Carl Icahn 14.5 71 New York, NY leveraged buyouts
19 Forrest Mars Jr 14.0 76 McLean, VA candy, pet food
19 John Mars 14.0 71 Arlington, VA candy, pet food
19 Jack Taylor & family 14.0 85 St Louis, MO Enterprise Rent-A-Car
19 Jacqueline Mars 14.0 67 Bedminster, NJ candy, pet food
23 Donald Bren 13.0 75 Newport Beach, CA real estate
24 Anne Cox Chambers 12.6 87 Atlanta, GA Cox Enterprises
25 Michael Bloomberg 11.5 65 New York, NY Bloomberg

[edit on 2-8-2008 by mental modulator]

reply to post by mental modulator


even though these are filthy stinking rich its nothing compared to the supposed rothchilds and rockerfellas fortunes that are in excess of 318 billion if it is true

Originally posted by altered_states
reply to post by mental modulator

 

even though these are filthy stinking rich its nothing compared to the supposed rothchilds and rockerfellas fortunes that are in excess of 318 billion if it is true

Good point...