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riversedge

(70,239 posts) Sun Jan 8, 2017, 09:46 AM Jan 2017

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@Khanoisseur Worse that that, even: "Trump Cabinet's net worth greater than the world's 70 smallest countries" http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/311323-trumps-cabinet-has-a-net-worth-greater-than-the-worlds-70 …

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"Trump Cabinet's net worth greater than the world's 70 smallest countries" (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2017 OP

The Swamp dwellers. Cha Jan 2017 #1

That's "greater than the GDP of the 69th smallest country", not their wealth muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #2

Amerikan "Economic Elite Domination" with a Putin/Trump alliance. The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #3

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1. The Swamp dwellers.

Sun Jan 8, 2017, 10:08 AM

Jan 2017

(101,320 posts)

2. That's "greater than the GDP of the 69th smallest country", not their wealth

Sun Jan 8, 2017, 10:33 AM

Jan 2017

and not greater than their "combined GDP", either, which that might be read as. It came from here: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/20/trump-cabinet-picks-far-are-worth-combined/XvAJmHCgkHhO3lSxgIKvRM/story.html , which links to this list: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD

Order it by 2015 GDP, and you find their $13.1 billion net 'worth' sits between Brunei's GDP at #69 ($12.9bn) and Senegal at #70 ($13.6bn). Still pretty obscene.

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3. Amerikan "Economic Elite Domination" with a Putin/Trump alliance.

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 03:32 AM

Jan 2017