How Rich Are You?

Colpy

Colpy

Hall of Fame Member
Nov 5, 2005
21,887
847
113
69
Saint John, N.B.
You're doing a hell of a lot better than me, ITN!

I'm in the top 7.93%.

In cash money terms............otherwise, I'm in the top .o1%

:)
 
DurkaDurka

DurkaDurka

Internet Lawyer
Mar 15, 2006
10,385
129
63
Toronto
Unfortunately, being in the top 1.26% will not allow me to retire anytime soon.:munky2:

You are the 75,700,870 richest person in the world! You're in the TOP 1.26%
richest people in the world!
 
T

tracy

House Member
Nov 10, 2005
3,500
48
48
California
Top 0.69%... Course I live where a small one bedroom apartment would cost about $350 000 so it doesn't mean too much.
 
Tonington

Tonington

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 27, 2006
15,441
150
63
Hehe, I'm in the top 12.76%, soo -- You are the 766,020,395 richest person in the world!
 
#juan

#juan

Hall of Fame Member
Aug 30, 2005
18,326
119
63
75,700,870
You are the 75,700,870 richest person in the world! You're in the TOP 1.26%
This and about $5.00 gets me a cup of coffee....
 
sanctus

sanctus

The Padre
Oct 27, 2006
4,558
48
48
Ontario
www.poetrypoem.com
I think not said:
http://www.globalrichlist.com/

The answer may surprise you.

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You're in the TOP 0.66%
richest people in the world!

You are the 39,615,049 richest person in the world!
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wow, you did better than I:

You are the 766,020,395 richest person in the world! You're in the TOP 12.76%
richest people in the world!
 
RomSpaceKnight

RomSpaceKnight

Council Member
Oct 30, 2006
1,384
23
38
61
London, Ont. Canada
the caracal kid said:
too bad such numbers don't reveal anything meaningful.
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I think they reveal that in the grand sheme of things and on a global basis we are effing rich. Even if you live on welfare in Canada you are so much richer than some dirt poor sub-Saharan goat herder. While not belittling the poor in this country they could live like kings in some third world **** hole villages. Heck i could retire in Costa Rica if I liquidated all my assets. Set myself up on some beach, buy a generator and water purification system and a couple of pumps, take tourist money as a fishing, MTB guide, hire a local girl or two to sweep the floors of my hut. Sweet.
 
the caracal kid

the caracal kid

the clan of the claw
Nov 28, 2005
1,947
2
38
www.kdm.ca
you believe that ROM?

Annual earnings does not mean anything without accounting for the cost of living, for one thing. Why are "we" so heavily indebted if "we" are so rich?

More importantly though, "rich" is not summized in a number but in lifestyle. That poor farmer may well be richer than the average middle class canadian if we adjust for cultural differences.

What is more interesting is if we look at where the "money" worldwide is concentrated, and more importantly how it is continually becoming more concentrated.
 
karrie

karrie

OogedyBoogedy
Jan 6, 2007
27,780
285
83
bliss
33,211,068
You are the 33,211,068richest person in the world! You're in the TOP 0.55%
richest people in the world!


Unless you factor in that *I* don't actually make ANY money, being a student/stay at home mom, in which case you could split my hubby's salary between he and I, and we'd come in at.....

55,827,298
You are the 55,827,298richest person in the world! You're in the TOP 0.93%
richest people in the world!

You can look at this a couple different ways... either, boy, we're really rich... or, man, I've still got a lot of catching up to the jones's to do!

thank goodness, we look at it as pretty lucky, and try not to count on it lasting.
 
karrie

karrie

OogedyBoogedy
Jan 6, 2007
27,780
285
83
bliss
the caracal kid said:
More importantly though, "rich" is not summized in a number but in lifestyle. That poor farmer may well be richer than the average middle class canadian if we adjust for cultural differences.
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I agree with you... a lot of the times, all that is meant by more money, is that we have more stuff, more debt, more obligations, more stress, and less time. I grew up poor, but we got to sit and play cards and go for walks and visit with family almost every evening, and most of all the weekends. Now families work constantly. And if people here stop working for a month, we lose everything... we don't own our own homes or the land they sit on most of the time. rarely now do people own their own vehicles. a dirt poor farmer in some third world country is more likely to own his own home than I am.
 
RomSpaceKnight

RomSpaceKnight

Council Member
Oct 30, 2006
1,384
23
38
61
London, Ont. Canada
Would you rather work for minimum wage in Canada or try eek out a living as a goat herder in Chad? I am sure that there are hundreds if not thousands og goat herders who would willingly exchange places with you. My point was even if you think you got it bad, look around the world and count your blessings.
 
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