Billionaires coaltion pleased with Oxfam report, look for more progress in amassing wealth
Reacting to the news from Oxfam that the richest 62 billionaires are worth as much as half the world's population, a coalition of the top five billionaires announced today that they were pleased with their progress in cornering so much wealth but "much more needs to be done."
Noting that as recently as 2010, it took 388 billionaires to match the worth of half the world's population, a coalition proclaimed that its goal now was to reduce this number from the current 62 to five: "We will renew our efforts to build our fortunes, " a coalition spokesperson explained. "Our experts are constantly searching for new tax havens, and we will continue our efforts to keep wages down and eliminate costly benefits for workers."
"We are particularly pleased with our efforts to divert public funds to our corporations, especially in the area of education. We are pleased with our plan and the results: A strong public relations campaign to convince the public that teachers are incompetent, and are, in fact, responsible for most economic problems throughout the world, and a parallel campaign informing the public of the wonders of computers.
We have easily convinced the public that computers are the answer to most of their problems, and will magically improve education. We have also convinced nearly SKrashen: Billionaires coaltion pleased with Oxfam report, look for more progress in amassing wealth: