February 18, 2012

Want to see who's using their wealth to exploit the 99%? This series of 1-minute videos reveals the methods of the worst of the 1%.

In 2007, according to the labor economist Sylvia Allegretto, the six Walton family members on the Forbes 400 had a net worth equal to the bottom 30 percent of all Americans.The Waltons are now collectively worth about $93 billion, according to Forbes.

From Brave New Foundation and Occupy the Boardroom

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