Thursday, December 8, 2011

Walmart Heirs Worth Same Amount As Bottom 30 Percent Of Americans In 2007: Analysis

Occupy Wall Street movement has brought increased focus on the disparity between the top one percent of earners and everyone else in the United States. But one American family paints a particularly stark picture of the country's wealth gap.

The six children of Walmart's founders, Sam and James "Bud" Walton, had the same net worth in 2007 as the entire bottom 30 percent of American earners, according to an analysis from Sylvia

Click on the following for more details:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/walmart-heirs_n_1137492.html

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