millionaire (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Garson O'Toole]

These are not ideal synonyms, e.g., some are sexist, but they provide
entertainment (from sundry online thesauri):

man of wealth, man of means, capitalist, tycoon, rich man, moneyed
man, man of substance, plutocrat, Croesus, nabob, Midas, Dives, man of
millions, moneybags, tippybob, doughbag, butter-and-egg man, big-money
man, money baron, robber baron, bankroll, financier, billionaire, fat
cat, big cheese, multimillionaire, wealthy man, parvenu, nouveau,
nouveau riche, Brahmin, brat pack, burgher, champagne socialist,
dowager, gentleman farmer, the glitterati, the haves, richling

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
<Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> This document:
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> http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/09in05tr.xls
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> is only current through 2009, but seems to say that the floor of income
> for the top 1% was $343k in that year.
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>> At 4/17/2012 11:16 AM, Baker, John wrote:
>> >The one percent refers to the affluent segment of society generally.
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>> We ought to be able to say from the statistics what yearly income is
>> the threshold for the 99th percentile.  For the most recent year for
>> which the data are available.
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>> Joel
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