2007 entsprach das Vermögen von 6 der 400 reichsten Amerikaner dem Gesamtvermögen der unteren 30 Prozent der US-Bevölkerung.
In 2007 (…) the cumulative wealth of the Forbes 400 was (…) roughly the same amount of wealth held by the entire bottom fifty percent of American families. (…) Upon closer inspection, the Forbes list reveals that six Waltons — all children (…) of the founders of Wal-Mart — were on the list. The combined worth of the Walton (…) six was $69.7 billion in 2007 — which equated to the total wealth of the entire bottom thirty percent!