The movement that began as Occupy Wall Street in New York has spread to other cities across America as well as countries. In Italy, the Occupiers instigated a riot in Rome, torching cars and smashing windows, which required armed police to be brought in.
In the name of equity, the Occupiers say they are the 99% opposed to the top 1%, the filthy rich. So who are America¡¯s Top 1%?
The Top 1%
Leonard Beeghley called the top 0.9% the Super Rich, whom he described as Multi-millionaires whose incomes commonly exceed $350,000; includes celebrities and powerful executives/politicians.
The OWS Movement say they are against the Top 1%. Here are some members of the Top 1% who are or should be targets:
Barack Obama:
Annual POTUS salary (not total income): $400,000
Net worth in 2010: $10.5 million
The 25 richest members of Congress (in Roll Call 2009 annual survey that gives only their estimated net worth. Under federal law, members of Congress must disclose their personal investments and liabilities, but only in broad categories, thereby shielding the exact value of any asset or debt):
1.Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass): $188.37 million
2.Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Ca): $160.05 million
3.Rep. Jane Harman (D-Ca): $152.62 million
4.Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va): $81.50 million
5.Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas): $73.75 million
6.Sen. Mark Warner (D- W.Va): $70.19 million
7.Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo): $56.49 million
8.Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla): 55.47 million
9.Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ): $49.70 million
10.Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Ca): $46.07 million
11.Sen. Alan Grayson (D-Fla): $31.41 million
12.Rep. Harry Teague (D-NM): $25.52 million
13.Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca): $21.74 million (supports OWS)
14.Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NY): $19.90 million
15.Sen. James Riche (R-Idaho) : $19.69 million
16.Rep. Gary Miller (R-Ca): $19.37 million
17.Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Tx): $18.41 million
18.Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn): $18.21 million
19.Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo): $15.73 million
20.Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY): $14.90 million
21.Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine): $12.52 million
22.Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn): $12.12 million
23.Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont): $10.90 million
24.Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz): $10.52 million
25.Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa): $10.45 million
Non-elected political figures:
Louis Farrakhan (leader of Nation of Islam): $3 million
Ralph Nader: $4.2 million
Chelsea Clinton: $5 million
Al Sharpton: $5 million
Joy Behar: $8 million
Ann Coulter: $8.5 million
Rev. Jesse Jackson: $10 million (supports OWS)
Henry Kissinger: $10 million
Eric Holder (U.S. attorney general): $11.5 million
Sarah Palin: $12 million (networth); $1 million (annual salary)
Hillary Clinton: $21.5 million
Arianna Huffington: $35 million (Forbes calls her the 2nd most influential liberal in the media)
John Edwards: $55.5 million
Al Gore: $100 million (supports OWS)
Mitt Romney: $250 million
The Media:
Rachael Maddow: $12.5 million
Matt Drudge: $15 million
Brian Williams: $30 million (networth); $13 million (annual salary)
Keith Olbermann: $35 million (networth); $10 million (annual salary)
Sean Hannity: $35 million
Diane Sawyer: $40 million (networth); $12 million (annual salary)
Katie Couric: $55 million (networth); $15 million (annual salary)
Jon Stewart: $80 million (networth); $15 million (annual salary)
Glenn Beck: $85 million
Anderson Cooper: $100 million (networth); $11 million (annual salary)
Barbara Walters: $150 million
Rush Limbaugh: $300 million (networth); $40 million (annual salary).
Oprah Winfrey: $2.7 Billion
Celebrities who¡¯ve spoken out in support of Occupy Wall Street:
Yoko Ono: $500 million
Russell Simmons: $325 million
Rosie O¡¯Donnell: $100 million
Roseanne Barr: $80 million
Deepak Chopra: $80 million
Kanye West: $70 million
Alec Baldwin: $65 million
Susan Sarandon: $50 million
Tim Robbins: $50 million
Michael Moore: $50 million
Danny Glover: $15 million
Talib Kweli: $14 million
Mark Ruffalo: $10 million
Here are the networths of some of the Super-Rich, the Top 0.01% (from Forbes richest 400 in America list):
1.Steve Jobs: $8.3 Billion
2.Carl Icahn (leveraged buyouts): $12 Billion
3.Sergey Brin (Google): $15.9 Billion
4.Charles Koch (manufacturing, energy): $19 Billion
5.Michael Bloomberg (NY mayor): $20 Billion
6.George Soros: $22 Billion
7.Jim Walton (of Wal-Mart): $23.4 Billion
8.Lawrence Ellison (of Oracle): $27 Billion
9.Warren Buffet: $50 Billion
10.Bill Gates (Microsoft): $57 Billion
The Occupy protesters reportedly are armed with iPhones and laptops and are active in social media the very gadgets and communications technology invented by Jobs, Brin, Ellison, and Gates. Reportedly, Soros is funding the Occupy movement.
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