# Obscene wealth: World's richest 85 hold the same wealth as 3.5 billion poor.

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**Created:** [January 21, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-wealth-worlds-richest-85-hold-the-same-wealth-as-3-5-billion-poor/679362 "2014-01-21T13:42:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-wealth-worlds-richest-85-hold-the-same-wealth-as-3-5-billion-poor/679362/85 "2014-08-25T14:15:47Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> No, what would a libertarian have against labor unions? Collective bargaining is just another form of negotiation in the marketplace.

Don’t blame me. It was labeled as “for Libertarians”:

> [@If you could be the founder of your own political party...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-the-founder-of-your-own-political-party/695957/9):
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> My spoiler party would be to court the Libertarians.  
> …  
> 2. No unions.  
> …  
> 5. No EPA, DEA, FDA, DoE or DHHS.  
> 6. Universal open carry and concealed carry.  
> 7. Gold Standard.  
> 8. For profit prisons and orphanages.  
> 9. Roads paid for by tolls.  
> 10. Re-legalization of dueling, indentured servitude and child labor.

I skipped to the next post after a few of these planks, but looking at #10, perhaps the whole post was intended as parody. 😕

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