‘World’s Poorest President’ Explains Why We Should Kick Rich People Out Of Politics

[kagalingan]

Sapul na sapul si mar, poe, binay at pacquiao dito. Lalo na yung mga naka BOLD

Tama nga naman. People who love money stay out of politics. And democracy is not for the philippines.

After five years in power, the man described as the “world’s most humble president” has stepped down from office in Uruguay in 2015. Jose “Pepe” Mujica, who leaves with approval ratings of nearly 70 per cent, is a real person with real advice for leading a nation.

By Roque Planas, HuffingtonPost, Waking Times (Thanks to Earth We Are One)

People who like money too much ought to be kicked out of politics, Uruguayan President José Mujica told CNN en Español in an interview posted online Wednesday.

“We invented this thing called representative democracy, where we say the majority is who decides,” Mujica said in the interview. “So it seems to me that we [heads of state] should live like the majority and not like the minority.”

Dubbed the “World’s Poorest President” in a widely circulated BBC piece from 2012, Mujica reportedly donates 90 percent of his salary to charity. Mujica’s example offers a strong contrast to the United States, where in politics the median member of Congress is worth more than $1 million and corporations have many of the same rights as individuals when it comes to donating to political campaigns.



“The red carpet, people who play — those things,” Mujica said, mimicking a person playing a cornet. “All those things are feudal leftovers. And the staff that surrounds the president are like the old court.”

Mujica explained that he didn’t have anything against rich people, per se, but he doesn’t think they do a good job representing the interests of the majority of people who aren’t rich.



“I’m not against people who have money, who like money, who go crazy for money,” Mujica said. “But in politics we have to separate them. We have to run people who love money too much out of politics, they’re a danger in politics… People who love money should dedicate themselves to industry, to commerce, to multiply wealth. But politics is the struggle for the happiness of all.”

Asked why rich people make bad representatives of poor people, Mujica said: “They tend to view the world through their perspective, which is the perspective of money. Even when operating with good intentions, the perspective they have of the world, of life, of their decisions, is informed by wealth. If we live in a world where the majority is supposed to govern, we have to try to root our perspective in that of the majority, not the minority.”



Mujica has become well known for rejecting the symbols of wealth. In an interview in May, he lashed out against neckties in comments on Spanish television that went viral.

“The tie is a useless rag that constrains your neck,” Mujica said during the interview. “I’m an enemy of consumerism. Because of this hyperconsumerism, we’re forgetting about fundamental things and wasting human strength on frivolities that have little to do with human happiness.”



He lives on a small farm on the outskirts of the capital of Montevideo with his wife, Uruguayan Sen. Lucia Topolansky and their three-legged dog Manuela. He says he rejects materialism because it would rob him of the time he uses to enjoy his passions, like tending to his flower farm and working outside.

“I don’t have the hands of a president,” Mujica told CNN. “They’re kind of mangled.”

[Anak ng Pusa]

Baka half brother to ni Duterte? May semblance kasi yung personality nila. But unlike Mujica, Duterte is now considered a demigod by some of his followers.

[pyramid00]

Baka half brother to ni Duterte? May semblance kasi yung personality nila. But unlike Mujica, Duterte is now considered a demigod by some of his followers.

#The cult of Duterte# Isali niyo na rin si DU13 sa lista.. pareho naman silang lahat, e.
DU13 will be the next prez 99.99% of the phil barring any divine or human intervention.
Sorry, medyo OT

[donbuggy]

Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But Grabbed Social Security and Medicare When She Needed Them - Alternet
Joshua Holland, Jan. 28, 2011

Ayn Rand was not only a schlock novelist, she was also the progenitor of a sweeping “moral philosophy” that justifies the privilege of the wealthy and demonizes not only the slothful, undeserving poor but the lackluster middle-classes as well.

Her books provided wide-ranging parables of "parasites," "looters" and "moochers" using the levers of government to steal the fruits of her heroes' labor. In the real world, however, Rand herself received Social Security payments and Medicare benefits under the name of Ann O'Connor (her husband was Frank O'Connor).

As Michael Ford of Xavier University's Center for the Study of the American Dream wrote, “In the end, Miss Rand was a hypocrite but she could never be faulted for failing to act in her own self-interest.”

Evva Joan Pryor, who had been a social worker in New York in the 1970s, was interviewed in 1998 by Scott McConnell, who was then the director of communications for the Ayn Rand Institute. In his book, 100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand, McConnell basically portrays Rand as first standing on principle, but then being mugged by reality. Stephens points to this exchange between McConnell and Pryor.

“She was coming to a point in her life where she was going to receive the very thing she didn’t like, which was Medicare and Social Security,” Pryor told McConnell. “I remember telling her that this was going to be difficult. For me to do my job she had to recognize that there were exceptions to her theory. So that started our political discussions. From there on – with gusto – we argued all the time.

The initial argument was on greed,” Pryor continued. “She had to see that there was such a thing as greed in this world. Doctors could cost an awful lot more money than books earn, and she could be totally wiped out by medical bills if she didn’t watch it. Since she had worked her entire life, and had paid into Social Security, she had a right to it. She didn’t feel that an individual should take help.”

[Anak ng Pusa]

#The cult of Duterte# Isali niyo na rin si DU13 sa lista.. pareho naman silang lahat, e.
DU13 will be the next prez 99.99% of the phil barring any divine or human intervention.
Sorry, medyo OT

Sa tingin ko si Pacqy ang next president ng Pilipinas.

Who the hell is DU13?

[ninjababez]

Sapul na sapul si mar, poe, binay at pacquiao dito. Lalo na yung mga naka BOLD

Tama nga naman. People who love money stay out of politics. And democracy is not for the philippines.

tear jerker itong post mo bro, i dont know weird ba? sana ganyan next president natin

[sirky004]

tear jerker itong post mo bro, i dont know weird ba? sana ganyan next president natin

ako din maiiyak-iyak after basahin yung article

[b_9904]

Mga fascista pala kayo e

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[kagalingan]

Meron lugar ang mga bagay bagay.

Sa china gawin mo democracy eh di nagkanda leche leche.

[dr. d]

1. i like his dog. cathy, whatcha think?
2. i like his opinion of the necktie. i also dislike using one.
3. if his house were in tagaytay, i'd like to rent it for weekends...
4. i love his VW!
5. i'd also ban rich people from public office.

now, why does he remind me of hemingway...?

[_Cathy_]

1. i like his dog. cathy, whatcha think?
2. i like his opinion of the necktie. i also dislike using one.
3. if his house were in tagaytay, i'd like to rent it for weekends...
4. i love his VW!
5. i'd also ban rich people from public office.

now, why does he remind me of hemingway...?

Oh I agree. He has a great dog

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[ninjababez]

Mga fascista pala kayo e

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not really, wishful thinking lang. gusto ko democracy, pero honest mga namumuno bro; di naman siguro masama yun

[b_9904]

not really, wishful thinking lang. gusto ko democracy, pero honest mga namumuno bro; di naman siguro masama yun

Ito lang yan eh. Pag dating sa liberty at democracy, either you are for it or against it.

Walang gitna yan. So all DU30 zombies are hypocrites.

Now, if you do not want corruption then the solution is: less government.

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[donbuggy]

Pepe Mujica was a left-wing guerilla who became a pragmatic socialist.

Sapul na sapul si mar, poe, binay at pacquiao dito.

Sapul din ang mga consumeristic "What is the last thing you purchased?" lifestyle of Tsikoteers.

[donbuggy]

BTW, please post the links to articles.

[b_9904]

Pepe Mujica was a left-wing guerilla who became a pragmatic socialist.



Sapul din ang mga consumeristic "What is the last thing you purchased?" lifestyle of Tsikoteers.

Check you facts bro

A quick economic indicator check would disprove your argument.

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[safeorigin]

^gasp! SHUN THE HERETIC!


hahaha. kidding aside, yes! you hit the nail, dude.

a lot of people have to "check their premise"

when your "solution" to a few people is granting few people in government more power

think again.

democracy ≠ liberty

only liberty = liberty



or you could go back to daily programming... 2 + 2 = 5

[safeorigin]

money is evil?

[donbuggy]

Check you facts bro

A quick economic indicator check would disprove your argument.

There are economic statistics about the consumer spending of Tsikoteers?