Saturday, March 20, 2010

Carlos Slim, back to Lebanon for tourism but no interest in shelling a dime

Lebanese MP Strida Geagea welcomes Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim
Here "touring" with the 'Criminal's wife' Strida Geagea'
GulfNews/ here

"... Slim, 70, described his trip to Lebanon, the first in 40 years, as "very emotional." Asked whether he plans to invest in debt-ridden Lebanon, Slim said he did not come "to look what business to do but to know the country."....

Lebanon has a debt of $51.5 billion or 153 per cent of the gross domestic product, making it among the highest in the world.

Speaking to students at the American University of Beirut, Slim said "education is the main support of the society." He added that children should start early education when they are six months or a year rather than at the age of five...."

(That should eliminate the debt: Why haven't we thought of that?)

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