Big

53 billionaires and 103,000 millionaires is what Russia boasts.


THE price of a Gulfstream G550 airplane, fitted with a Rolls-Royce engine and enough fuel capacity to fly nonstop from Moscow to Los Angeles, starts at $54 million. But that is small change to some of the Russian rich.

“It seats up to 18 passengers,” said Dan Firer, a Gulfstream representative. “But none of them ask for that many seats because it is for a private family or a company president.”



Mr. Firer warily eyed a bright orange Porsche at the booth next to his.

“That’s a nice car, but it is nickels and dimes compared to us,” he said. “After the United States, Russia is the second-biggest market for private aircraft.”

Fueled by an oil boom, the Russian capital seems as awash in cash as Dallas was in its heyday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/fa...hp&oref=slogin

RYou

So are you bragging about Russian wealth or criticizing the redistribution of wealth from the state to Russian capitalists?

Big

A little of both.

Flop The Nuts

Big just criticizes wealth in general.

Big

I don't consider $70K matresses as wealth. I consider it mental illness.

Flop The Nuts

You have a valid point.