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10 Nov 2009 01:14

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U.S.: Congress has a lot of really rich people not feeling the recession’s pain

  • 237 members of both branches of Congress are millionaires; that’s nearly half
  • seven members of Congress have a total net worth that ranks above $100 million source
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15 Sep 2009 10:34

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Biz: The world isn’t as wealthy as it used to be, guys

  • -11.7% decline in the world’s wealth in 2008; it’ll take a while to recover
  • -17.8% decline in the number of millionaires; Regis Philbin, get on this – stat! source
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