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tonychat

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That’s Not A Poor Farmer Checking On His Crops. You’ll Never Guess Who It Actually Is… Wow.
Read more at http://www.viralnova.com/poorest-president/#ehOG0O0MbcFlfLa6.99

Meet José Mujica. He may look like your average farmer or grandfather, but he is anything but. This man is globally known as the world’s “poorest President” because he lives a life of humility… all while leading the country of Uruguay. As a man who truly cares about his people, he doesn’t take an obscene amount of money to just act as a politician. He donates about 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs.
Other countries, listen up.

It’s not uncommon to see Jose dressed like this. He doesn’t care about money and appearances, but just leading his country.

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He has literally spent his entire life fighting for his country.
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He was a guerilla fighter that battled for the rights of the country’s citizens, was imprisoned twice and was shot 6 times after an escape attempt.
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This is the Presidential house “Residencia Suarez” that Mujica could live in, but is planning to convert in a museum full of documents and personal belongings of former presidents.
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Instead, he lives here, on a farm with his wife.
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He actually is a part-time farmer. He and his wife also grow and sell flowers. He also drives a 1987 Volkswagon Beetle.
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He only has two guards positioned on his road. Along with his beloved 3-legged dog Manuela, of course.
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Instead of acting like he is better than everybody else, the president of a country wholeheartedly believes that he IS like everybody else.
In a time when it seems that rich politicians rule the world, learning about Jose is truly refreshing.
 

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oli9

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Let me tell u all the truth, Mujica has it ALL. Hope those people who rakes in millions can bring their money with them to the afterlife. Now, wont that be a sight!!!!
 

Asterix

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To cut a long story short
Old Fart, his famiLEE and cronies
Are dangerous to society
Competent leaders without morals
有才無德的人,對社會有很大破壞力
Sinkies are equally responsible
At least the idiot sixty percent
For rotten state of Little Red Dot
Pay back for voting PAP
Based on “free” lip upgrading


Former financial chief Antony Leung Kam-Chung yesterday said he had "no plans" to run for chief executive in 2017 - as he warned of the dangers of leaders who were "competent" but lacked "morals" in a speech to students.

Leung was tipped as a contender for the 2017 race late last year after breaking a 10-year silence on political issues by co-hosting a series of lunch discussions on political reform with Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing.

Leung last year dismissed the idea of a run for the top job as "imaginative". Speaking to about 100 Institute of Education students yesterday, he set out the qualities that made a good or bad leader and gave his clearest hint yet that he would not be a candidate.

"Competent people who lack morals are the most dangerous, I would rather prefer incompetent people who have a [sense of] morality," he said.

When asked whether he would stand for the top job when Hongkongers elect their leader for the first time, Leung replied: "I have no such plan ... I'm only sharing my experience."

Since being forced to quit in 2003 in a scandal over his purchase of a luxury car just before he increased taxes on vehicle registration, Leung has focused on business. He became CEO of property developer Nan Fung last year after heading Greater China operations for US-based private equity giant Blackstone.

While the theme of his speech was how to cope with globalisation and the challenges of the "volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous" modern world, he touched on plenty of hot local issues as well.

Alongside the rise of new technology and an ageing population, Leung said one modern, international trend was that "under a 'one man, one vote' electoral system, governments would usually and easily create a serious financial deficit, and when they use up all of their reserves, they need to borrow".

"Politicians would usually say 'we are working for the well-being of you and your children' … but to win votes, they may provide more welfare while having more tax cuts," he warned. "That's why we see serious deficits in Western countries."

His comments echoed warnings by Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah and his advisers that the city faces fiscal dangers despite its huge financial reserves as it tackles the challenges of an ageing population.

Returning to the theme of leadership, Leung added: "The best leaders … are those with a capable team, because a good leader can attract even better people to work for him. And a leader cannot be lonely, because your team may consist of at least hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

"A leader must not follow the people's sentiments … he must think about the problem and look beyond the people's vision and tell them the direction."

And Leung drew on his own experience of converting to Christianity after quitting over the "Lexusgate" affair to reiterate the importance of morals and values.

"If people only believe in this life, and do not have the hope for eternity, nor the fear of divine judgment, they could do very horrible things," he said. [Yeah lor! Like LKY! From Kempetei to Mikado! Interesting life indeed, worthy of not one but two musicals]

"There should be more love, understanding and acceptance in our society," Leung added. "People should not just [look at things] from a perspective critical of the government."

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...n-chief-executive-antony-leung-tells-students
 
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wMulew

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"Politicians would usually say 'we are working for the well-being of you and your children' … but to win votes, they may provide more welfare while having more tax cuts," he warned. "That's why we see serious deficits in Western countries."

Hard truth, exactly what opposition is doing. Ruining the country slowly
 

Asterix

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Hard truth, exactly what opposition is doing. Ruining the country slowly

First, the Opposition is NOT running the country, the PAP is. Second, it is about BALANCE between future and present needs. Third, don't insult Asians, which include dumb fuck PAP supporters like yourself:


Smart ass Ang Moh says it is an insult to say
Chinese society cannot handle democracy
But Old Fart has been insulting Sinkies
For God knows how many decades already


Taiwan’s student movement is a lesson in how democracy works
Stephen Vines says Taiwan's student movement sets us a fine example

PUBLISHED : Friday, 11 April, 2014, 7:34pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 12 April, 2014, 2:03am

What lessons should Hong Kong draw from Taiwan's so-called Sunflower Movement? As ever, the usual suspects have concluded that Taiwan's democracy led to chaos, and they even claim that what happened in Taipei "proves" that democracy is not a suitable model for governing a Chinese society.

Let's start with "chaos"; it is quite correct to say that the Legislative Yuan has been occupied and was not able to operate, but it was business as usual for the rest of Taipei and, of course, the rest of Taiwan. To suggest that Taiwan is consumed by chaos is absurd.

Then there's the immensely insulting idea that, somehow, a Chinese society cannot handle democracy. If anything, the Taiwanese experience provides a direct rebuttal to this disparaging lie. Since the end of the Kuomintang dictatorship, successive elections have produced peaceful and profound changes of leadership at national, regional and city levels. It should also be noted that the transformed KMT has played an active part in the new democracy and achieved considerable success.

Moreover, since the advent of democracy, not only has the economy flourished, and grown at a pace never seen under the dictatorship, but the rule of law has been enhanced to the extent that an open judicial process had the ability to jail a former president for his misdeeds in office.

The student-led but not exclusively student-composed Sunflower Movement is first and foremost about accountability. It is spurred on by the notion that the KMT government is getting too close to the regime on the mainland and is working towards an unacceptable degree of integration.

We have seen learned articles explaining that the spur for this particular action, a trade pact, will bring considerable economic benefits to Taiwan. This is debatable, but assuming that this is so, it is all the more remarkable that a substantial proportion of Taiwan's population values liberty over economic advantages.

Meanwhile, back in Hong Kong, we are about to be presented with a version of democracy in which the people will only be able to elect chief executive candidates endorsed by mainland authorities.

Little wonder that there is talk of civil disobedience here. It should be stressed, however, that this is but one of the many expressions of extreme frustration with the current state of play in the political reform debate. However hard the anti-democrats try, they cannot find a convincing way of ignoring the reality that the majority of Hong Kong people retain an appetite for democratic and accountable government.

Even less plausible is the idea that the sensible and self-disciplined people of Hong Kong are suddenly about to run riot. It is an undeniable fact that the only prolonged period of violent rioting in our modern history was instigated by the pro-Beijing forces in the 1960s; the same people now occupying seats at Hong Kong's top table.

The unpleasant core of the anti-democrats' case is their contempt for Hong Kong's people and the belief that they lack the ability to govern themselves. To add insult to injury, they allege that Hongkongers will always emulate the worst examples from other societies.

What is never mentioned in all this commentary over recent events in Taiwan is the widely held views of Taiwanese people, who will readily tell you that if "one country, two systems" means that Taiwan will be ruled like Hong Kong, they want nothing whatsoever to do with it.

History records that Deng Xiaoping's vision of this form of rule was primarily designed with Taiwan in mind. Hong Kong, and to a lesser extent Macau, were seen as testing grounds. Well, the test has been undertaken and its results are there for all to see.

Stephen Vines is a Hong Kong-based journalist and entrepreneur

http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1475710/taiwans-student-movement-lesson-how-democracy-works
 

tonychat

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[video=youtube;hteGnL-8SeU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hteGnL-8SeU[/video]

he says that no drug is good..even cigar and alcohol.. no addiction is good.. The only good addiction is LOVE.. amazing..it touches my heart..
 
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yellowarse

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One of your few reasonable posts, tonychat. Yes, Mujica's a wise, humble and selfless soul. One of my heroes.

Up you.
 

yellowarse

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Much better than the pap?

Whaddya think? If a man's heart lies genuinely in serving his people and nation, you won't need to pay him a multi-million dollar salary. If you had to pay a million dollars for a politician, you'd only be getting a self-serving, corrupt mercenary.
 

TracyTan866

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Whaddya think? If a man's heart lies genuinely in serving his people and nation, you won't need to pay him a multi-million dollar salary. If you had to pay a million dollars for a politician, you'd only be getting a self-serving, corrupt mercenary.

agree 100%. why are singaporeans still voting in LHL when he said he needs obscene salary to serve?
 

GoldenDragon

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Whaddya think? If a man's heart lies genuinely in serving his people and nation, you won't need to pay him a multi-million dollar salary. If you had to pay a million dollars for a politician, you'd only be getting a self-serving, corrupt mercenary.

Quote of the week.
 

tanwahp

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Whaddya think? If a man's heart lies genuinely in serving his people and nation, you won't need to pay him a multi-million dollar salary. If you had to pay a million dollars for a politician, you'd only be getting a self-serving, corrupt mercenary.

Minister salaries remain one of the biggest mistakes made by the PAP. If they didn't work so hard to sell so many times to convince people that they deserve high pay, this issue would not have been etched into people's minds. In the end after losing more seats in 2011 and 2013 they still have to "lan lan" cut their own salaries.

After the big cut in 2012, minister salary is not #1 in the world (it's around #3 now), yet few people know and many continue to think so thanks to PAP's own doing of poor selling.
 
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