Post Bulletin (MN): The rich keep getting richer
By Bill Boyne
Post Bulletin (Rochester, MN), 12/28/07
America is still the land of promise -- for billionaires.
A recent news report by Holly Sklar for McClatchy-Tribune News Service told the happy stories of those who live in the top 1 percent of the U.S. income brackets.
It noted that only two years ago, even lowly multi-millionaires could qualify for the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans. That is no longer the case. As of 2007, only billionaires are on the list -- and there are even 82 billionaires who don't quite make the top 400.