Richest 1% of Sri Lankans Were Voted In By 99% Of Other Sri Lankans Reveals Inequality Study

A new study which used data from offshore bank accounts and cash contained in brown envelopes suggests that inequality in the country is growing at a significant rate and that 1% of the richest people in Sri Lanka were voted in by the 99% of Sri Lankans.

The study revealed that the richest Sri Lankans shared a number of characteristics including primarily working for the same employer, not getting fired from their jobs despite poor performances and mainly engaged in talking to the media. A spokesman for the organisation that carried out the study said, “We thought the number of rich people was contained, but since last year’s election there was a seemed to be a further concentration in the number of wealthy individuals despite the rotation.”

One person belonging to the 1% said, “You know that a lot of people in the 99% get a chance to earn money in 25+ years during their working life in jobs they don’t like for long hours with little hope of reaching the top. Sometimes we only get 5 years to do our job and we don’t have that long ours and spend most of it making promises we can;t quite keep and getting civil servants to do the work. So we need to ensure we make 99% of our potential money in this period.”

In a related story is it alleged that until last January, 1% of families with the surname Rajapakse (actually just one family) earned nearly 50% of government income.