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Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime. (www.oxfam.org)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Millionaire refers to total wealth or cash on hand, not annual salary. Someone making $1M a year is probably worth $100M+ if they own stocks and may be well on their way to billionaire.