According to Forbes, Bill Gates is no longer the richest person on earth. He is now down two places to no. 3 with only USD 58 billion, up USD 2 billion from last year. Warren Buffet is up USD 10 billion from last year, totalling in USD 62 billion, which makes him the richest man on earth. Closing in on the 2nd place is Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican telecom tycoon, with USD 60 billion. A note to Bill Gates:should get off his ass, stop playing around and start making money again to relinquish the title that is rightfully his. Or not. Or just give me a coupla billion. Whatever.
There is so much hype about rich people, it’s not fair. I mean, they are already rich, obviously they live very comfortably. Their families, families of the saner rich people anyway, are probably living comfortably too as are their close friends (If I am rich my family, the family of my husband and my close friends will definitely be on the receiving end of my fortune as well). These rich people would also be able to have anything they want, on a whim. Eat sushi on a gold plated table on top of the Himalayans? Done. A limousine made of a pink humvee? Done. Celebrate birthday in space? Done. So yes, ANYTHING.
How about the poorest sob? Nobody knows him, nobody talks about him, nobody cares if he cannot have anything at any given time because he is so bloody poor that he would probably eat his own feces if he ate enough beforehand to produce any. Yes, that kind of poor, not the “I don’t have enough money to buy a CD/Lipstick/Playboy this month” kind of poor. At the time of writing this blog, there are 19,276 people that died of hunger – today alone. This figure changes every couple of seconds. Are there hype about these people? About people in the same situation? No, because nobody will buy Forbes if the main article is depressing.
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suppose that they found who is the poorest person on earth. then, after one day publication in world magazines, this person will be the richest person in his or her area. i promise.
it’s not bad, though. but then the fact will remain only for one day publication. that’s why it’s less interesting. perhaps.
yes, perhaps. but the moral of the story is that how ironic the world really is. why is it that the poor becomes poorer (with no publications making it difficult for them to get helped) and the rich becomes richer.
sad really, but there is little we can do.
loe gak tau ya…. bill gates kan menyumbangkan setengah kekayaannya untuk program2 philantropi di seluruh dunia. jadi bukan karena malas / microsoft terpuruk (justru sebaliknya, microsoft is doing great, as usual).
@Anonymous: caption about Bill Gates being lazy was written in humor, tongue in cheek if you will..
I know he and Melinda Gates are great philanthropists, as is Warren Buffet. This post was done as a ’sentilan’ to the Indonesian rich people..
But overall, even if Bill Gates gave away all his money, it still would not save all the poor people in the world. Everybody with more than they need should take part. I believe no amount is too small.
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