[quote=pri_dk][quote=CA renter]The bottom 99% understandably are angry to be informed that the wealthiest layer of the population […][/quote]

The statement above is based upon a false premise.

There is no 99% / 1% wealth split in Europe.

There is no “wealthy layer” because every country in Europe is socialist.[/quote]
This is misguided. All European countries have free market economies. Don’t confuse welfare with socialism. The former Soviet Union was socialist. Some European political parties have socialist leanings, but many in the US call Barack Obama a socialist.