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Swedish parliamentarians earn 4000 per month and ministers earn 8000. At least the minister's pay is mega-rich in my book. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
Let me just translate that into, oh, I see, over one million French francs per year, ok yep, you're right, they're mega-rich.
You're kidding, right? A family of four earning 8,000 Euros per month, pre tax, is right on the borderline of qualifying for apartments specially reserved for moderate income families here in NYC or its inner suburbs, i.e at roughly 120% of the median. Housing and taxes are that much lower low in Sweden?
And remember the ministers spouse will also have a wage to add to the household income. But even if the spouse is unemployed it equals two working parents earning 4000 each, two great wages in their own right.
I don't know what rents are in NYC, but if you earn more than about 3000 your income tax is about 50 % in Sweden. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
If I am not mistaken, Sweden's top/bottom quintile ratio is around 4, one of the lowest in the developed world. Ministers getting four times average wage will earn shrugs elsewhere. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Sweden has the worst educated government in the world. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
In the UK I'd consider middle class starts at around £30k/year, upper middle at around £80-£100k/year, and rich at £1M/year. MPs here get paid £50k (it may have gone up since the last time I looked) plus some expenses.
Very rich would be anyone worth over a billion, because that's the level at which you can buy absolutely anything for your own personal use.
But - these people amuse themselves by buying and selling companies, not everyday things. The difference between one billion and ten billion is the difference between a small and a medium sized corporation.
At that level it probably still rankles that no matter how rich someone is, they still can't afford to buy Microsoft, Exxon or Google in their entirety.
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