I just wanted to give a big shout out to all the billions in the world. 2005 has been an banner year for those who have more then 999 999 999 dollars US in capital. I'm glad to see that these people are pulling there socks up and helping themselves become so much more rich.
So everyone lets celebrate and clap all of these great gentlemen on the back (I'm sure most of them are men) and raise a loud cheer for equality and Class divisions.
If this trend is to continue as it did this year in a short 2 years more we may have 1000 of these people in the exclusive club for the ultra rich. These kinds of story's just warm my heart as I prepare my taxes and pay my bills knowing that somehow someway I'm doing my part to en-rich them and pay a higher percent of my money in taxes. And thanks to Forbes for bring us this heart warming story of the have mores getting oh so much more.
" As emerging stock markets surged during the past year, 102 wealthy people around the world won a much-coveted title along with their stellar gains -- they all became billionaires.
The number of billionaires around the world rose by 102 to a record 793 over the past year, and their combined wealth grew 18 percent to $2.6 trillion, according to Forbes magazine's 2006 rankings of the world's richest people."
http://www.foxnews.com/...
Wow 18% gains in wealth in a year for this group....very very good, I don't know about you but I don't own 18% more then I did last year, then again the system isn't to my advantage really. But oh well they deserve it don't they?