Who the F- is Carlos Slim?

hahahahaha! nice one sopho!

Buffet donates a lot too, but not like Gates

Thank you for starting off my day with something profound. No one knows. No one cares And I bet thousands if not millions would tie for first place.

as far as the soul goes you never know dear, could be the same guy.

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

You must be kidding, right? The US debt is over 12 trillion so that's not even close

omg thats worse that what i thought.... how are we going to pay that...

are you dumb. the US debt is well over a trillion dollars. Obama's stimulus package cost more than this guy is worth.

proud that the richest man is mexican even though everyone else is suffering and the country is in poor economic status, not really something to be proud of.

And you base this on what? It is true that Mexico has many problems but they are not as bad as other problems facing other developing countries for example Greece and Dubai. Last time I check Mexico is the 11th largest economy in the world and in many economic reports state that by 2050 the largest economies in the world will be China, India, United States, Brazil, and Mexico. Like I stated before I am proud of the nation of my grandparents. Mexico has come a long way since the economic crisis of 1994 and has emerged as one of the leading economies of the region.

Also, I am not naive I am fully aware that there is a lot of suffering in the world but at the same time I just one man and there is nothing I can do about it is just reality but when there is something good to be proud of out of everything that is bad out there it brings light to people like me. Because knowing that Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world brings a sense of pride in me because the world is changing, a man who was a loser in the past can be a winner in the future.

That's not surprising since Bill Gates announced his plans to transition out of a day-to-day role with Microsoft, effective July 31, 2008 to allow him to devote more time to working with the foundation.

So it makes sense that Bill would move down the list and Carlos would move up since Bill has been donating more and Carlos has been earning more.

Right! I don't know why people pretend this guy came out of nowhere.

interesting...

if you have credible facts on these allegations, tell us more by all means,...

or are you just hating on Senior' Slim ?

Aw, another poor victim who probably hates capitalism as well. Yeah, creating thousands of jobs and adding value to the Mexican marketplace is so exploitative.

Sahuaro, i agree with you. I do not think most people here realize that
1) this is old news, Carlos slim was already the worlds richest man at one point a long time ago
2) He made most of his money through corruption which when Telecommunications in mexico was privatized he appropiated a large proportion of them through his connections
3) He controls all of telecommunications in mexico, forcing high phone and communication rates as well as monopolizing the Wireless industry

and just to add to this I am Hispanic (mexican specifically) and while it is one thing to be proud of mexico it is quite another thing to be proud of this.
As any hispanic knows latin america lives in great poverty and in many countries the disparity between rich and poor is incredible.
With people like carlos slim hoarding money, manipulating legislature and being corrupt it these kind of people in mexico that are responsible for the social and economic instability created by drugs and money which keeps so many hungry everyday

barely even able to buy tortillas

Well Bill Gates has been giving away billions of dollars to provide vaccines and other kinds of assistance in development of societies

That's something you can possibly do with it and it's most likely why he slipped down the list of richest men

so what if it's old news.

we hear about Bill Gates and Warren Buffet all of the time.....
so get used to it sister.

So what? I don't want to hear about those guys either. The point I was making is it'd be better to hear about what they do with that money or not hear about them over and over again. Get used to this sista making her point.

Second that and voted up!

AND YOU SHOULD BROTHER,

Good for you,

Viva La Raza

Fuck this guy. I don't care if he is Native American. His centralized wealth takes away resources from the masses. Have you been to Mexico? That place is fucked up thanks to imperialism and the poor masses being exploited by fucks like this guy.