Rich beyond my w i l d e s t dreams !!

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the global rich list is a fascinating yet simple website – it’s where I found this chart

It’s a novel graph – in that that we see in a picture the statistic that is bandied about by charities left right and centre. It shows that a tiny tiny tiny minority of people in the world have their pockets bulging with wads of cash – and that every other f*cker the vast majority have nothing and have to eat dirt when they are hungry.

At the same website, the neatest feature (Ok, its the whole point of the site) is that you can enter your own salary into calculator – and it will tell you approximately where you are in the rich (financially) list. Very funny indeed.

Go try it. Kids – get your parents permission before entering their salary. You’ll find you are in the top 1% or 2% .

So, the next time read a traditional Rich List in the newspapers or you hear of some pro-athelete signing a deals for a large some of money, remember that you too are probably in the same percentile range of 1 or 2% – barring the decimal places.

Feeling wealthy ?

Redress the feelings of shame and guilt by donating a bit of you enormous fortune to charity. World Vision has a great and novel catalogue where you can buy gifts such as pigs, or toilets or something for people in the bottom 1%. Last year I bought a few chickens. I’ve no idea if the people I helped are eating omlette still today, or gorged on chicken soup – but thats very much up the them.

The religions who preach charity haven’t made much of dent – so do your bit to redress the balance. We won’t fix it our life time, but we can help./

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