More Good News for the 1%

The 400 wealthiest Americans are worth a record $2.02 trillion, roughly equivalent to the GDP of Russia. That is a gain of $300 billion from a year ago, and more than double a decade ago. The average net worth of list members is a staggering $5 billion, $800 million more than a year ago. The minimum net worth needed to make the 400 list was $1.3 billion. The last time it was that high was in 2007 and 2008, just before the financial crisis. Because the bar is so high, 61 American billionaires didn’t make the cut.

http://news.yahoo.com/the-forbes-400--the-richest-people-in-america-181158012.html

Meanwhile, Congress is busy cutting food stamps and services for the poorz ...

... this fucking country ... [sigh]

You can thank your congress for that...they sure do a great job of serving the people. Say bailout and too big to fail and let's send those jobs to China...