n 1867, Russia sold the territory of Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2 million. Within 50 years America earned that money back 1000 times with gold
well i don;t know if it is just white folks, a lot of black folks (have gotten pretty rich in politics, and, in music, etc.) and, there is NO doubt a lot of yellow folks (own most of the real estate and debt in america) and, i don;t know any 'rich' native american or first nations indians - even the ones who got to hollywood, do NOT think they got very rich, and, a lot of native americans who tried to fight for rights, just ended up in jail - HOWEVER, IT SURE IS RIGHT ABOUT THE LOOTING of our futures by wall street, that is a real truth - susan lynne schwenger