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Old April 24th 07, 09:02 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default OT - 10 steps to fascist police state

Larry Dighera wrote:

The chilling documentary film "Orwell Rolls in His Grave" examines the
relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In
a country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth", ... SNIP


And that is a BS number.

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

The Wealth Distribution
In the United States, wealth is highly concentrated in a relatively few
hands. As of 2001, the top 1% of households (the upper class) owned 33.4% of
all privately held wealth, and the next 19% (the managerial, professional,
and small business stratum) had 51%, which means that just 20% of the people
owned a remarkable 84%, leaving only 16% of the wealth for the bottom 80%
(wage and salary workers). In terms of financial wealth, the top 1% of
households had an even greater sha 39.7%. Table 1 and Figure 1 present
further details drawn from the careful work of economist Edward N. Wolff at
New York University (2004).