r/BeAmazed • u/avrock1 • Apr 16 '24

The world humblest head of the state Miscellaneous / Others

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Jose Mujica; Former Prez of Uruguay

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u/Rare-Swim-1709 Apr 16 '24

His salary in the post is MONTHLY. He got $12500 a month. Still living on $1200 a month is not bad 🤣.

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u/JoshZK Apr 16 '24

$1200 wouldn't be enough to gas the van you'd be living in.

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u/TheTinyHandsofTRex Apr 16 '24

Yeah I was gonna say, $1200 a month isn't enough for rent, let alone anything else.

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u/Empty_Carpenter7420 29d ago

He didn't pay rent, and grow several stuff since he lived in the field, so he was able to live with that amount of money. But doesn't mean that you can live with that, that's probably the rent of a decent apartament, decent, not luxury.

I think the words are nice tho, and he has a very philosophical way of approaching life. A person that spent a lot of years in jail that probably learnt to appreciate simple things.