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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts) Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:00 PM Jun 2012

So Carlos Slim today pushed for privatizing everything [View all]

it gets better. He also pushed for delaying retirement until 70, and a work week of 3 days, with 10\11 hour days... so the other four you will have time for family, education, what have you.

Yup, read the story in La Jornada... and while the idea of having a "short" weekday is not that crazy, not surprisingly, given he made his fortune from privatization, he is all for privatizing all in sight.

So who is Carlos Slim? No, not just the richest man in Mexico... right now the richest man in the world.

Oh for those of you who want to have a good read (google will do a decent translation) go here.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/06/12/politica/002n1pol

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So Carlos Slim today pushed for privatizing everything [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 OP

Carlos Slim DonCoquixote Jun 2012 #1

Well his family came from Lebanon nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #2

They'd expect him to be from Argentina... PoliticAverse Jun 2012 #3