PICTURE the “Extreme” Wealth and Poverty Gap

Nine Pictures Of The Extreme Income/Wealth Gap…. Cars that cost 1 million dollars, hotels that cost $20,000-30,000 per night, ten watches that are each worth more than a Ferrari, etc.

Here is just one….

 

This is a Maybach. Most people don’t even know there is something called a Maybach. The one in the picture, the Landaulet model, costs $1 million. (Rush Limbaugh, who has 5 homes in Palm Beach, drives a cheaper Maybach 57 S — but makes up for it by owning 6 of them.)

See below for the link to the other 8 pictures

Many people don’t understand our country’s problem of concentration of income and wealth because they don’t see it. People just don’t understand how muchwealth there is at the top now. The wealth at the top is so extreme that it is beyond most people’s ability to comprehend.

If people understood just how concentrated wealth has become in our country and the effect is has on our politics, our democracy and our people, they would demand our politicians do something about it.

How Much Is A Billion?

Some Wall Street types (and others) make over a billion dollars a year – each year. How much is a billion dollars? How can you visualize an amount of money so high? Here is one way to think about it: The median income in the US is around $29,000, meaning half of us make less and half make more. If you make $29,000 a year, and don’t spend a single penny of it, it will take you 34,482 years to save a billion dollars. . . . (Please come back and read the rest of this after you have recovered.)

What Do People Do With SO Much?

What do people do with all that money? Good question. After you own a stable of politicians who will cut your taxes, there are still a few more things you can buy.Let’s see what $1 billion will buy.

The pictures come fromthe website Campaign for America’s Future

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Tags: poverty, Poverty Analysis, Wealth