THE 'POOREST' PRESIDENT - URUGUAY'S JOSE MUJICA
1. Lives on a small farm surrounded by other tiny
home - guarded only by 2 policemen and his 3-legged dog 'Manuela'
2. Donates 90% of his USD 12,000 salary to charity
organizations (calculating his take home pay to be USD 1,200)
3. Drives a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle worth about USD
1,800 (equivalent of his annual personal wealth declaration)
4. Only in 2012 he increased wealth declaration to
USD 215,000 as it includes his wife’s assets of a land, tractors and a house
“I'm called 'the poorest president,' but I don't
feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive
lifestyle, and always want more and more," - Jose Mujica, President of
Uruguay
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/11/15/uruguay-president-mujica-shuns-wealth-for-small-farm-and-vw-beetle/
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