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Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 6:40am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Meet the World’s Poorest President Who Lives on a Farm & Drives a 1987 He lives on a farm, and his official car is a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle. He donates 90% of his monthly salary to charity. President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, is not your average president. It is commonplace to see some presidents of countries living lavish lifestyles, and in some extreme cases, looting their countries’ finances for personal gain. But not Mujica. He is commonly known as the world’s “poorest” president because of his austere lifestyle Mujica rejected the luxurious presidential residence the government provided for him and instead opted to live on his wife’s farm located on a dirt road outside the country’s capital. They have no domestic workers – they do all the farm work by themselves. The only staff they have are two police officers. In 2010, his annual personal wealth declaration – mandatory for officials in Uruguay – was $1,800, the value of his Beetle. In an interview with BBC, he said: “I’ve lived like this most of my life, I can live well with what I have I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more. This is a matter of freedom. If you don’t have many possessions then you don’t need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself…” Mujica also has unique views about poverty alleviation. In the 2012 Rio+20 summit he stated: But what are we thinking? Do we want the model of development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians would have the same proportion of cars per household than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left? “Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet. An Arab sheikh recently offered him $1 million for his Beetle. Mujica is currently considering the offer, and says that if he does sell it, he will donate the money to charity. http://naijaparrot.com/meet-the-worlds-poorest-president-who-lives-on-a-farm-drives-a-1987-beetle/ 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by 0700Jesse(m): 6:51am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Them dey do this president from village |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 6:53am On Feb 01, 2015 |
0700Jesse: Bros how? His helping the poor with his money naaaaa |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by 0700Jesse(m): 6:58am On Feb 01, 2015 |
JayKayMaybachz: because say i dey help the poor, i go kon poor myself shey?? |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by echobee(f): 7:00am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Hmmmmmmm! Hp others can learn from him . Not some people chopping food of 1billion in a year 4 Likes |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by coolebux(m): 7:03am On Feb 01, 2015 |
I'm not impressed So what? Funny enough, it didn't make the evening news. |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 7:06am On Feb 01, 2015 |
0700Jesse: That's how he chose to live his life Not like some hungry polithivicians we've got here |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 7:07am On Feb 01, 2015 |
echobee: My dear, that really got me pondering. . "What sort of human is this man"? |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by echobee(f): 7:09am On Feb 01, 2015 |
JayKayMaybachz:me too . I pray others learn. |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by busterr(m): 7:09am On Feb 01, 2015 |
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Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 7:10am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 7:11am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by echobee(f): 7:15am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Happy new month they forgot we brought nothing to this world,we re taking nothing back JayKayMaybachz: |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by echobee(f): 7:16am On Feb 01, 2015 |
busterr:First day of d month,u dey book space |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 7:18am On Feb 01, 2015 |
echobee: Same to yhu Their IQ is as tiny as their shoe size they wear Stvpid & greedy people Ah never mean they should livepoor, but they shld remember the poor ones out there |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 7:19am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Joshkid(m): 7:25am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Hmmmm |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Yustash001(m): 7:29am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Atleast...he's better than some presidents looting their countries' money....e.g. The president of Nigeria... 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 7:31am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Yustash001: |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Yustash001(m): 7:33am On Feb 01, 2015 |
JayKayMaybachz:I lie? |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 8:25am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Yustash001:Yhu no lie ma brother |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by philo3(m): 9:07am On Feb 01, 2015 |
some people are so poor .... all they av z money 1 Like |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Nobody: 9:54am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Mk devil no catch us o. But seriously, who go poor must surely go poor Na him own cup of tea sha |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Sijo01(f): 10:53am On Feb 01, 2015 |
Humbleness to the core. . . . . An ordinary Nigeria' ward councillor can never live like this. |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by tunery004(m): 1:05pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
Dis shud b on front page so dat we can all see d foolishness of our presido using 4billion to eat. Cc seun obianscopy lalasticala |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 1:21pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
tunery004: Help me tell dem Oga Seun |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Nobody: 4:05pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
What? An average Nigerian local government chair man can afford a SUV |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 8:20pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
OGAofBOSS: Ma brother Da man no get children sef And him wife na Senator |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Nobody: 9:44pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
JayKayMaybachz:This is the true definition of humility |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by JayKayMaybachz(m): 9:55pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
OGAofBOSS: Am tellin yhu But....... Me no wan dhey like that shaaaaa But ah go dhey help people nii |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Missmossy(f): 10:00pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
Very strange he is not You know who |
Re: Meet The World’s Poorest President Who Lives On A Farm & Drives A 1987 Beetle by Nobody: 10:01pm On Feb 01, 2015 |
JayKayMaybachz:But nobody is perfect sha. The man might have is own ''durty'' secret |
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