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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2014, 04:47 PM Jan 2014

The Oxfam report is a wakeup call all must heed!

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Oxfam warns of dangers of growing inequality
World's 85 richest folk hold wealth equal to that of half the planet's poorest people
CBC News Posted: Jan 20, 2014 12:50 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 20, 2014 4:42 PM ET

The richest 85 individuals in the world hold wealth equal to that owned by the poorest half of the planet's population, according an Oxfam report.

Oxfam’s report, titled Working for the Few, was published ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and urges the group to take measures to reduce growing inequality.

“Widening inequality is creating a vicious circle where wealth and power are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few, leaving the rest of us to fight over crumbs from the top table,” Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam’s executive director, said in a press release.

Read more at http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oxfam-warns-of-dangers-of-growing-inequality-1.2503661

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The Oxfam report is a wakeup call all must heed! (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 OP

The current agenda by the corporate leaders, government cronies and the extreme wealthy... democratisphere Jan 2014 #1

If I was them, I would remember the French Revolution. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 #2

And 15 years later they got Napoleon BKH70041 Jan 2014 #7

The LAST thing I want is another bloody Revolution like that of France. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 #8

There is no r in Oxfam. And yes, it's an important report that people should be aware of. nt Electric Monk Jan 2014 #3

RATS! Spell check got me again!!! Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 #4

I've been calling for a worl-wide workers and poor peoples' strike for months. If the 99% can just kelliekat44 Jan 2014 #5

Kicking for the night crowd. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 #6

democratisphere

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1. The current agenda by the corporate leaders, government cronies and the extreme wealthy...

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 05:27 PM

Jan 2014

are the stuff Russian Revolutions are made of. In the end the greed-mongers will actually defeat themselves!

Lady Freedom Returns

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2. If I was them, I would remember the French Revolution.

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 05:31 PM

Jan 2014

That was major nasty to the "upper crust". And they were very desperate people due to what was being done to them financially. It not to THAT point yet, but any longer like this...