Comments on: Will Carlos Slim follow Bill Gates and Warren Buffet? Not a Chance

By: David

David — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:21:18 +0000

Geovani Martinez I love quote you made “Poverty is a mental Disease”

By: James - Creator Of The Ladder Of Dreams

James - Creator Of The Ladder Of Dreams — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:01:22 +0000

Hey Robin,

I am of the opinion that we should not give freely but create the means for the poor to earn a living. I live by the ideology of

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

So, I agree with Carlos that we should not just give.

Cheers
James

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Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:28:57 +0000

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Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:55:45 +0000

[...] Robin Bal put an intriguing blog post on Will Carlos Slim follow Bill Gates and Warren Buffet? Not a Chance.Here’s a quick excerpt:Carlos Slim, the Mexican tycoon and the world’s richest man, scoffed at Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for “playing Santa Claus” to cure poverty’s ills. But that’s where we are. Our guys—Bill Gates and Warren Buffett—are all about giving … [...]

By: Zakman

Zakman — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:50:21 +0000

I just did a Google on the three billionaires and the results are like follows:

Warren Buffet: 1,400,000
Bill Gates: 11,000,000
Carlos Smith: 1,030,000

While it just means that Gates is popular due to Windows, it also goes to prove that any philanthropic work he does probably catches more attention than the same work by Slim or Buffet, and hence shape the mass opinion… most likely in his favor.

By: NiceVacations

NiceVacations — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:44:13 +0000

Well, we can’t keep on giving because that’s not a long term solution. The better options is for the rich and influential to help build up a strong education, social and medical system so that the public can grow mentally, emotionally and physically, and of course financially.

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:31:51 +0000

Teach a man to fish is better than giving him a platter of fishes. I agreed with Mr Slim that poverty cannot be eradicated by donations.

By: Geovani Martinez

Geovani Martinez — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:52:13 +0000

I have to give it to Slim for enlightening me with “Poverty isn’t solved with donations” it’s true; poverty is a mental decease a one time donation is a quick fix not a long term solution.

It’s easier to give a homeless person a dollar then to invite him to your home, get him some clothes, help them find a job, find a suitable living place and ensure they can handle society’s new expectations. We tend to prefer the quick fix and leave it (red cross, food banks, shelters) to others to pick up the slack on long term solutions.

Mexico is known for corruption, stories of cops pulling tourist over just for extortion of money are common around its borders (I live 5 minutes away from the border) so you can imagine how rotten the core can be. By giving money away he would simply be filling crooked individuals pockets.

Setting up hospitals and schools is a better long term solution; education is a proven tool to exclude your self from poverty, deceases are rampant among the poor since access to hospitals is costly especially if you have no money, no education.

In the end my point is this “Consider who you donate to, is their solution a quick fix or a long term solution”.