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Hi,
The latest stats on how many Millionaires there are was released this week. Worldwide there are 17 million households. The U.S. has 6.9 million, next is China with 3.4 million, and third is Japan with 1.1 million. All told, they comprise 41% of the worlds wealth. The percentage of millionaires in the US is 5.6 % of the population.
The definition that is used to count you as a millionaire is: 1 million of investible (Sp) assets--fairly liquid. A home, no matter the worth is not included.
I was a bit overwhelmed by this as it doesn't seem like many millionaires considering we have several billion people on this earth.
So, my thinking turned, i don't really know why, to lotteries. People I know love to play the lottery to win that million, or more, and have dreams of what they can do with it. I was wondering if, say Haiti had a lottery. What do you think it would take for someone in one of the poorest counties to feel really happy to win. 250.00? Of course they may not even be able to buy a .05 cent ticket to enter. What I am really saying is that I think it would take so little to make one person happy.
I tried to adopt a child from one of the charitable org, but they allow no direct contact with the child. Everything is monitored thru them. They say they are trying to protect you from being asked for other things, but it seems to me they are trying to control; too much.
I am not saying anything negative about Millionaires, in fact the opposite. When you realize what you have in comparison to others, and it doesn't take much to make a difference. 50 million to harvard doesn't seem as meaningful as 250.00 in Haiti.
Just my musings. I don't expect anyone to own up to being a Millionaire, except DF
Annette
The latest stats on how many Millionaires there are was released this week. Worldwide there are 17 million households. The U.S. has 6.9 million, next is China with 3.4 million, and third is Japan with 1.1 million. All told, they comprise 41% of the worlds wealth. The percentage of millionaires in the US is 5.6 % of the population.
The definition that is used to count you as a millionaire is: 1 million of investible (Sp) assets--fairly liquid. A home, no matter the worth is not included.
I was a bit overwhelmed by this as it doesn't seem like many millionaires considering we have several billion people on this earth.
So, my thinking turned, i don't really know why, to lotteries. People I know love to play the lottery to win that million, or more, and have dreams of what they can do with it. I was wondering if, say Haiti had a lottery. What do you think it would take for someone in one of the poorest counties to feel really happy to win. 250.00? Of course they may not even be able to buy a .05 cent ticket to enter. What I am really saying is that I think it would take so little to make one person happy.
I tried to adopt a child from one of the charitable org, but they allow no direct contact with the child. Everything is monitored thru them. They say they are trying to protect you from being asked for other things, but it seems to me they are trying to control; too much.
I am not saying anything negative about Millionaires, in fact the opposite. When you realize what you have in comparison to others, and it doesn't take much to make a difference. 50 million to harvard doesn't seem as meaningful as 250.00 in Haiti.
Just my musings. I don't expect anyone to own up to being a Millionaire, except DF
Annette