Who is the richest person on earth?
According to Yahoo’s Finance pages, these are the top 25 richest people in the world and what they are worth Rank Name Age Worth ($bil) Country Of Citizenship Residence 1 William Gates III 49 46.5 United States United States , WA , Medina 2 Warren Buffett 74 44.0 United States United States , NE , Omaha 3 Lakshmi Mittal 54 25.0 India United Kingdom , London 4 Carlos Slim Helu 65 23.8 Mexico Mexico , Mexico City 5 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud 48 23.7 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia , Riyadh 6 Ingvar Kamprad 78 23.0 Sweden Switzerland , Lausanne 7 Paul Allen 52 21.0 United States United States , WA , Seattle 8 Karl Albrecht 85 18.5 Germany Germany , Mülheim an der Ruhr 9 Lawrence Ellison 60 18.4 United States United States , CA , Silicon Valley 10 S Robson Walton 61 18.3 United States United States , AR , Bentonville 11 Jim Walton 57 18.2 United States United States , AR , Bentonville 11 John Walton 59 18.2 United States United States , AR , Bentonville 13 Alice Walton 56 18.0 United State
Nothing is going to change until we realize and admit that America is not about democracy. America is about the money. A real democracy is about due process. Patriot Act legalized Gitmo and made due process a crime. Capitalism is every man for himself and screw your neighbor. A real democracy is about the people and their rights. One for all and all for one. A real democracy elects presidents. Capitalism appoints. A real democracy promotes, defends and upholds free speech for real people. Capitalism upholds, defends and protects free speech for fictitious, non-entities otherwise known as profits. Money laundering is a crime in a democracy and a court approved activity in a capitalistic society. In a real democracy there is no such thing as elite rich at the expense of children and families who t go to bed hungry because they can not afford to buy food. In a real democracy where people matter there would be a cure for cancer and aids. In a real democracy where people are more important
