'While the Rest of the World Burned,' Billionaires Made More Money in 2017 Than Any Other Year

[guillaumeb]

'While the Rest of the World Burned,' Billionaires Made More Money in 2017 Than Any Other Year in History

From the article:

During a year in which so much of the world faced deep poverty, the corrosive effects of austerity, and extreme weather caused by the worsening human-caused climate crisis—from devastating hurricanes to deadly wildfires and floods—one class of individuals raked in more money in 2017 than any other year in recorded history: the world's billionaires.

To read more:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/10/26/while-rest-world-burned-billionaires-made-more-money-2017-any-other-year-history?cd-

In honor of this milestone, the GOP wants to give the rich even more tax cuts while eliminating Social Security and every other social welfare program that benefits the bottom 99.9%.

[allgood33]

1. Gross corruption, greed, and men in power stealing the wealth of their nations.

Something has to give for the sake of the millions suffering. Putin was able to rob Russia blind. Trump is doing the same thing here for his buddies. Those tax breaks are protection money and it' working for them.

[guillaumeb]

2. Welcome to DU.

Putin is Trump's hero. And the ignorance of the average Trump voter allows these voters to be easily led.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I still don't understand how the deplorables

still believe he will make them rich too?

[guillaumeb]

4. Once white people become great again,

all white people will magically become rich.

Or something like that.