(Yokohama on the Tokyo Bay)
(View from the Tallest Bldg. of Japan)The Super Rich and The Super Poor
(Les super riches et les pauvres super)
According to the Financial Times website, there are 600 billionaires in the world.
In 2004, they also selected the 25 they believed to be doing "the most to shape the world."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e5541956-3884-11d9-8984-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=39ff12ce-33ff-11d9-a728-00000e2511c8.html
Following is a list of their names:
1) Bill Gates (Microsoft)
2) Paul Allen (Microsoft)
3) Gordon Moore (Intel)
4) Steve Jones (Apple)
5) Michael Dell (Dell)
6) Azim Premji (India Wipro)
7) Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
8) Pierre Omidyar (eBay)
9) Thaksin Shinawatra (Thailand)
10) Carlos Slim Helu (Mexico)
11) Rupert Murdoch (Newspaper)
12) Michael Bloomberg (Financial information)
13) Ted Turner (CNN)
14) Oprah Winfrey (TV personality)
15) George Soros (Financial sector)
16) Warren Buffett (Investment business)
17) Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding)
18) Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong)
19) Silvio Berlusconi (Italy)
20) Nicholas Frank Oppenheimer (De Beers)
21) Ingvar Kamprad (Sweden Ikea)
22) Stephan Schmidheiny (Sweden super rich family)
23) Richard Mellon Scaife (US super rich family)
24) Rafiq Hariri (Arab real estate business)
25) Charles and David Koch (US oil business)
(http://www.randdmanagement.com/c_econom/ec_105.htm )
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On the other hand, there were between 300 and 420 million super poor people "worldwide living in chronic poverty in the late 1990s," according to the Chronic Poverty Research Center.
In their definition, "chronic poverty" means "remaining below the poverty line for at least five years, with welfare measured in expenditure or income terms."
In India, there are 450 million extreme poor people and 150 million chronic poor people.
In China, there are 230 million extreme poor people and 55 million chronic poor people.
http://www.chronicpoverty.org/pdfs/45McKay_Baulch.pdf
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In my definition of a billionaire, he or she can offer out-of-pocket one billion dollars without any inconvenience for any cause at any time.
As we have 600 people who can do so, we can get 600 billion dollars available.
It means they can provide 1500 dollars for each chronic poor person (600 billion/400 million).
In other words, as 400 million chronic poor people cannot earn 1500 dollars, those 600 people may be able to stay a billionaire each.
Put simply, if you have 1500 dollars, be content with it, since it is a real state of a billionaire who has repented and gets converted, if any.
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I don't blame 600 billionaires and 25 special billionaires regarded as mostly shaping the world, while Mr. Al Gore and Mr. Michael Moore have been busy making films influencing so many people.
But, as the Christmas season is getting into a view, it is apparent that they have to think about use of their spending money to be a hero of another "A Christmas Carol," respectively.
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Of course, those who are really setting the framework of the world are the political leaders of the U.S., Saudi Arabia, EU, and Japan (or Hong Kong, Thailand, Italy, and Sweden, or otherwise Microsoft and CNN?).
Anyway, you cannot write EEE Reporter with one billion dollars in your pocket, since the amount is not enough to be accumulated in Heaven.
(This information and advice is my Christmas present to you as the first provider in this season.
Praise the birth of Jesus, the King of Israelites and Romans!
---- A billion dollar worth praising to the Lord of Mankind.)
"THE DEMAND FOR A MIRACLE"
(DIE PHARISAR FORDERN EINEN BEWEIS)