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The article below was a fwd to me from someone who shall remain nameless because she would kill me if I put her name here. Anyway, it had me steaming and pulling out what little hair I have left. Thought I’d share. Try to make it to the end in one piece. My response is below the article. Billionaires up, America down By Holly Sklar, McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceSunday, October 21, 2007 When it comes to producing billionaires, America is doing great.Until 2005, multimillionaires could still make the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans. In 2006, the Forbes 400 went billionaires only. This year, you'd need a Forbes 482 to fit all the billionaires. A billion dollars is a lot of dough. Queen Elizabeth II, British monarch for five decades, would have to add $400 million to her $600 million fortune to reach $1 billion. And she'd need another $300 million to reach the Forbes 400 minimum of $1.3 billion. The average Forbes 400 member has $3.8 billion.When the Forbes 400 began in 1