{"id":28410,"date":"2012-06-28T00:02:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T06:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/28\/billionaires.html"},"modified":"2012-06-28T00:02:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T06:02:57","slug":"billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/28\/billionaires.html","title":{"rendered":"Billionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary both on billionaires by country and what billionaires say about said countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105854477836714634695'>Jim Feig<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F06%2Fbillionaires-graphic.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/ezra-klein\/wp\/2012\/06\/24\/the-billionaires-list\/'>The billionaires list<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe billionaires list\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/J1o2etQ5EpT' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary both on billionaires by country and what billionaires say about said countries. 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