10 Most Obscene Lifestyles Choices of America's 1% Elite

[Brewman_Jax]

http://www.alternet.org/economy/154644/1...s_1_elite/

From the article:

Quote:As the unemployment rate still sits above 8 percent, and one in three Americans struggles to afford medical bills, even the filthiest of filthy rich presidential candidates is at least pretending to empathize with the average American. Granted, they sometimes slip up and expose just how wealthy they are — but at least they are trying.

The same cannot be said of some of these candidates’ cronies in the 1 percent. Whether complaining about having to do their own dishes, or bragging about their car garages costing more than the average American makes in a lifetime, the 1 percenters are all but screaming “let them eat cake” from the ramparts. Here are 10 particularly egregious examples from the last few months.

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The list follows, and it is obscene. It's not just what they do with their money, it's how it and its influence affects the 99%.

[NJMaverick]

let them eat cake things didn't go too well for them

[Still a Democrat]

and refuse to apologize for it!

[azmouse]

That list is only what is known about. I bet if we knew all or most of what the super rich did with their mostly ill-gotten gains we've all have pitchforks and torches in our hands.

[Ikonoklast]

In societies where the wealth gap gets greater and greater without any regard for the vast majority of people, the following 'adjustments' to the wealthy's living standards are usually quite sudden...and brutal.

Ask the Russian and French aristocracies how things worked out for them.