Forbes.com has put out their list of the world's richest people for 2004. William Gates III tops the list again (of course) with a whopping $46.6 billion.

Interestingly enough numbers 6 through 10 on the belong to the Walton family (not the one's on Walton's Mountain) of Walmart. All 5 are worth $20 billion each. That's right 20 billion - EACH! That makes a family total of $100 billion plus. Good God! If Walmart founder Sam Walton were still alive his personal wealth would dwarf Bill Gates'. As a result of their vast wealth and questionable practices Walmart is often under fire from the Anti-Globalization folks and many others who think we should boycott Walmart. With all the hooplah they continue to do very well for themselves.

I can't imagine what one has to do to make that kind of cash. It's unfathomable to me even to be ahead at all. As someone who's swimming in debt to the tunes of multiple thousands it doesn't even remotely compute. Take away all my debt and I'm still only a multi-thousandaire. I have a long way to go before I catch Billy and The Waltons!