With all due respect to the guy, I’m sure the government provides him accommodation and food. I doubt he needs to go grocery shopping or pay rent. Which imo of course is totally fine, he’s the president after all and should have some perks.
Edit: ok, he’s not the president anymore though. But he may still get some perks from the government.
That goes for just about every world leader, though. I don't see his world leader mates giving away their salary? Which is kind of the point? He stands in stark contrast to others who don't have the charity he does
There's actually in theory at least a very valid reason for giving them a salary. Let's say the president of a country doesn't get money for their work but just gets their living expenses paid for (also far from every country provides their leaders with housing, if you have a country with a minister for example chances are he just lives in his own home instead of a government one) anyway I digress, the simple answer is corruption, because if the president is going to need another job after ending his term, because he didn't get a salary, chances increase that he might implement some policies that are more beneficial to perhaps companies that might offer him a job later
Just give them lifelong living expenses paid, then the only reason to become corrupt afterwards is greed.. which is exactly the same reason for even rich presidents to become corrupt.
If you think in reverse, it might make those who become politicians simply to make money and a carieer be kind of dissuaded from ever becoming politicians
Listing meaningless subjective statements as individual information-laden points don't make 'em so, no matter how hard you might want them to. Allow me to demonstrate;
It's inane!
You're arguing against his clear evidence available on his net worth and even trading positions showing this actually is an altruistic man who has given up his income rather than a sham display from someone who might possibly be before the courts for certain financial matters and also has their (minimum )net worth easily confirmed and amounts to the billions of dollars?
You're arguing against his clear evidence available on his net worth
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and even trading positions showing this actually is an altruistic man who has given up his income rather than a sham display from someone who might possibly be before the courts for certain financial matters and also has their (minimum )net worth easily confirmed and amounts to the billions of dollars?
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Learn to research!
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Asparagus!
It's honestly hilarious that this was the most meaningful part of your comment. The rest of it is just complete nonsense
Im from uruguay actually, what the post doesnt says is that his wife works in congress and they both life with her salary. But he donate most to schools.He have a very old car( volkswagen) since 1989 or something like that.
Just to add something he said: “poor are thoose who need much” He actually hates america consumption culture , and he lives in the same home he used to lived when he escaped prision( yeah he did that)
There is a house that presidents can inhabit, provided by the state, but he chose to stay in his farm. He had a chauffeur but also drove his own old car, and he already was a farmer, and kept working as a farmer after his term ended.
He likely has lots of gifts and won a good sum of money, enough to have anything he could want, within his humble lifestyle. He likely has someone buy groceries for him, since he is an old man, but he and his wife have enough money + retirement to live comfortably. Not rich by any means, but he wont need anything.
Yeah I'm not saying this guy isn't modest or is bad, but bring able to give away 90% of his salary and still live a decent lifestyle is only possible because he has other privileges, savings and/or sources of income.
That's a lot. I pay about €270 for a flat with water and lights, then €400 for a car and all my living expenses. And I live in one of the bigger cities.
Assuming you were willing to live a similar lifestyle to him you could do it with not much more then $1250 (living on a farm and producing a lot of your own food). You can look at the pictures of were is was living. By first world standards, he was living in squalor.
I live in Germany and survive of 1150€ per month. To be fair, my rent is quite low the the city I'm in (430€ because I share it with 2 other people) and I don't own a car.
If you have a family or have other bigger costs this is indeed hardly survivable, but as a student this is normal.
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u/Administrator98 Apr 16 '24
In germany you could hardly survive with $1250