Our CM should send our Goan MLAs to study Uruguay instead of sending them to countries like Singapore and UK.
I hope Mr Parriker would try and emulate Jos Mujica and set an example for others to copy. Long live the power of teaching by example. Leo D'Mello ***************************************************** Subject: [Goanet] The World's Poorest President - money is not everything. Here's a guy who believes that money does not buy happiness!? >>>How is this as a man of the people? The president of Uruguay, Jos? Mujica, >>>has?earned a nickname, "el presidente mas pobre" >>>(translation: "poorest president"). >>>>The 77-year-old recently admitted to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that he >>>>donates almost all of his presidential salary, >>>>making him the poorest, or, as Univision pointed out, most generous >>>>president, in the world. >>>>El presidente explained he receives $12,500 a month but keeps only >>>>$1,250.?The public servant told the newspaper, "I do fine >>>>with that amount; I have to do fine because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less." >>>>He and his wife - a senator who also donates part of her salary - live in a >>>>farmhouse in Montevideo.?His biggest expense is his >>>>Volkswagen Beetle, valued at $1,945. >>>>Perhaps not surprisingly, under the former guerrilla fighter, who was >>>>elected in 2010 as a member of the left-wing coalition, >>>>the Broad Front, the country has become known for being one of the least >>>>corrupt on the continent. >>>>Mujica has no bank accounts and no debt, and he enjoys one thing money >>>>can't buy: the companionship of his dog, Manuela. >>>>The Uruguayan is not the first president to donate his salary.?U.S. >>>>President John F. Kennedy, who came from wealth, donated his >>>>salary when in office, as did President Herbert Hoover.? Hoover, who grew >>>>up poor, decided to never accept money for public >>>>service, so he could not be accused of corruption. >>>>The World?s Poorest PresidentThepresident of Uruguay, Jos? Mujica, donates >>>>most of his $12,500 salary to charity and keeps only >>>>$1,250 for himself each month.
