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legalquestions
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: Korean president to donate entire fortune to charity! |
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Just before the presidential election last year, Lee Myung Bak vowed to donate his huge personal fortune (except for his house) to charity, if elected. He subsequently went into office by a landslide, but he has failed to carry through on the promise to give away his fortune.
All talk of this promise has been quietly swept under the carpet, and Korean people seem to have forgotten about it. Do any of you remember?
Korea - hub of integrity, not! |
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Join Me
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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I remember very well.  |
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Ekaia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Sources plz. |
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legalquestions
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| The source is my brain. I read the local papers and view the web sites. It ws all over the news last year. You can probably google it if you need a written source. Who else remembers this hollow promise? |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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That`s up there with "I did not have sexual relations with..." |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| He never said he'd donate his entire fortune. I think he said he'd donate his annual salary to charity. So, that would be 5 years worth of Korean presidential salary. My guess it would be close to 1 billion won by the end of his term. |
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legalquestions
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| No, he said he'd donate his salary (which to his credit he has done, so far), and his huge personal fortune (less the house in southern Seoul). Trust me on this one! |
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crossmr
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| legalquestions wrote: |
| No, he said he'd donate his salary (which to his credit he has done, so far), and his huge personal fortune (less the house in southern Seoul). Trust me on this one! |
Not as far as I can throw you. Surely there is a news story which covered this promise? It'd be a big deal. |
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Konglishman
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| legalquestions wrote: |
| No, he said he'd donate his salary (which to his credit he has done, so far), and his huge personal fortune (less the house in southern Seoul). Trust me on this one! |
Are you sure about this? Then, except for what he could sell his house for, he would have no money. |
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jvalmer
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legalquestions
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Don't you people read the paper? It was all over the news. In fact, he promised to give it to charity, even if he lost the election! Talk about a massive vote buying scam!
And the Korean voters were naive/foolish enough to believe it. Haha! And, in true Korean fashion, after being elected he reneged on his promise! Haha, Koreans are so lacking in integrity! What more glaring example could there be than this one?
If you need sources just google Lee Myung Bak promises to give/donate personal fortune/wealth to charity. You'll see numerous stories there. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Still 4+ more years to go before you can call him out on this. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| He won't do it. What CEO is going to give away his wealth? They'd blow it on ping pong shows before they'd help the poor and needy or give back to their country. |
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crossmr
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| legalquestions wrote: |
Don't you people read the paper? It was all over the news. In fact, he promised to give it to charity, even if he lost the election! Talk about a massive vote buying scam!
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Yeah, he certainly didn't follow through on it before:
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| As mayor of Seoul for four years, he donated all of his monthly pay to scholarship funds for children of street sweepers and firefighters. |
and he's been donating his current salary. how much of your salary are you donating? |
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ryoga013
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| He won't do it. What CEO is going to give away his wealth? They'd blow it on ping pong shows before they'd help the poor and needy or give back to their country. |
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=fF6lxILnRuE
city bus, buys his lunch, works with own people... lowers his own pay AND cuts his perks.... It would never be done in the US or Korea |
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