We have our much maligned “1% ers”.
The number of officials in the communist party of the former Soviet Union amounted to 1%. They enjoyed a lifestyle not much different than our wealthy.
It’s said we will always have the poor. Maybe the same can be said of the rich. The pertinent question for most would be does one perpetuate the other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union#Membership