[lbo-talk] Somewhat kooky article on Russian billionaires

[joanna bujes]

The whole thing is a joke if anyone bothers to read it. But it's part of 
the continuing drill that no matter how bad it is in the U.S.....it's 
worse in Russia. After all, in Russia the top 10% is making 15 times 
more than the bottom 10%. What a joke. In the U.S. it's what 500 times?

Jesus.

Joanna

Chris Doss wrote:


>Kooky thing no. 1: the subheadline is "More
>billionaires than ever, but wealth isn't trickling
>down." Whereas the third paragraph says "wages in
>Russia have risen - the average jumped 50 percent in
>the past three years, to 6,832 rubles, or $246, a
>month in 2004." A 50% wage increase is not "wealth
>trickling down?" (Have wages increased 50% in
>Venezuela yet?)
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