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The Waltons may only be worth 1/10-12th of that, but they sure as hell have control over a nearly half-trillion dollar revenue corporation. At that scale, what
by cellis 12y ago
The Waltons may only be worth 1/10-12th of that, but they sure as hell have control over a nearly half-trillion dollar revenue corporation. At that scale, what matters more is direct influence over the lives of the many,i.e. power, not fiat dollars that can be pressed up and dilute you arbitrarily if need be.
"You may have all the money Raymond, but I have all the men with guns." ~ Frank Underwood
- ArkyBeagle 12y ago"Control over" maybe, but the thing is on rails. And some dilution: there are five years since 1992 where CPI ( which has a reputation for overstating inflation ) is over 3%: http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/hist1913.cfm http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/ca...