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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 11:11 AM


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I remember a phrase in Mex, back in the day, something
with a #, like 40, which referred to 40 Mex Families which
held approx 85% of the Country of Mex's wealth. I'm sure the US
has # similiar, maybe not the same imbalance


It used to be called Grupo Monterrey....now Grupo Alfa:


"The Monterrey Group empire derived from the founding in Monterrey of Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc, a brewery, in 1890 by Isaac Garza Garza, his brother-in-law, Francisco Sada Muguerza, and two others. In 1936 the family holdings, already vast, were divided into two separate industrial groups. One of these, Valores Industriales S.A. (Visa), established Hojalata y Laminas S.A. (Hylsa) to make steel sheet for the bottle caps of its beverages during World War II, when the United States cut steel supplies to Mexico to meet its own needs. Hylsa became the largest privately run steel mill in Mexico, a fully integrated complex with activities ranging from mining and processing iron ore to finished products. In 1957 it patented HyL, a system of direct reduction known as fire sponging.[2]

One of the two heads Eugenio Garza Sada,of the Monterrey Group, was murdered in 1973 in what was described as an abortive kidnapping by left-wing terrorists, but before this happened, he and his brother Roberto Garza Sada divided the company into two parts. Bernardo Garza Sada, Roberto's son, became chairman of Grupo Industrial Alfa, S.A., which inherited Hylsa and many other industrial enterprises, including Empaques de Carton Titan, a packaging company founded in 1926; Nylon de Mexico (synthetic fibers), founded in 1952; and Polioles (chemicals), founded in 1962. "There is no falling out", one source explained to the New York Times. "But there was a real problem as to who would be next 'supreme,' so they juggled the shares within the family and divided the group."[2]

Under Bernardo Garza Sada's leadership Alfa diversified from its base into petrochemicals, synthetic fibers, capital machinery, farm equipment, television sets, and tourism. It also took a quarter share in Grupo Televisa, which virtually monopolized Mexican television broadcasting. Its assets grew from $315 million to $1.5 billion between 1974 and 1978, its sales from $194 million to $836 million, and its income from $21 million to $83 million. In 1978 Alfa was the only Mexican company in the Fortune 500 list of the biggest companies outside the United States, except for state-owned Petroleos de Mexico (Pemex). Himself a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Garza Sada staffed top management with graduates of MIT, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. One observer said they "always picked the kid with the Harvard MBA over the guy who really knew the business. The Alfa man had to look good on paper."[2]

Although Alfa formed joint ventures with Hercules and American Petrofina to produce polyester, Du Pont to produce other synthetic fibers, Ford to turn out aluminum cylinder heads, and Hitachi to make electric motors, it insisted on control. "We manage these ventures, always", Garza Sada told Forbes in 1979. "We demand that!" Alfa received $2.4 billion in loans from more than 130 foreign creditors and was planning to invest $3.5 billion by the end of 1984, almost three-fifths of it in money to be borrowed, mostly from sources outside Mexico. It was not only the leading private firm in Mexico but in all of Latin America. By 1980 it had 157 subsidiaries in 39 branches of the economy.

In retrospect, following Alfa's near-bankruptcy in 1982, Alfa's success bred arrogance. Many of the lower-management people had no practical experience, while the experienced upper management took charge of firms about which they knew very little. The company unwisely abandoned its prudent traditional policy of only integrating firms that had similar or complementary products. One observer said that Alfa "bought businesses like someone would buy candies for their children." A foreign bank representative recalled, "They were on the same kind of roll that the Mexican government was on then. Oil prices would know no limit. Grupo Alfa profits would know no limit."


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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 11:20 AM


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So much money. Does Slim do anything for Mexico that anyone knows of? Schools? Hospitals?


He is purchasing USA pay as you go cell phone companies, then changing the original cell plans so a person is FORCED to purchase the most expensive recharge cards in order to receive a couple of months service time.

The man is a walking talking MACHO ripoff artist.



He has been quoted many times VERBATIM

"I want to become the richest person in the world and I know how to do it"


He has the very best system of PRI government supporters in Mexico City, that money can BUY

Carlos SlimE

I can also remember him as being quoted for saying " the difference between me and Bill Gates is that I do not give away money after making it".

Nice. My hero.
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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 11:31 AM
NOBODY


Is Forced to buy Cell Phone services from Slim.

And, a Cell Phone is NOT a Life Essential.
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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 11:38 AM
who


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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 11:47 AM


Rich people also don't just sit on their money, and count it like Donald Duck's uncle. They buy things, create jobs, grow the economy. I wish there were more rich people.

The economy is not static... there is no 'pie', with limited slices to take from. When someone gets rich, it does not take away from those who are not rich or prevent anyone else from success or wealth.




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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 12:49 PM


Viva trickle down!



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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 01:43 PM


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Rich people also don't just sit on their money, and count it like Donald Duck's uncle. They buy things, create jobs, grow the economy. I wish there were more rich people.

The economy is not static... there is no 'pie', with limited slices to take from. When someone gets rich, it does not take away from those who are not rich or prevent anyone else from success or wealth.


yea...what he said




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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 02:06 PM


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I suspect had Telmex continued as before Slim, we'd not have *nearly* as good communications in Mexico. He's gotten rich in part because he turned an ailing government monopoly, into a very effective private monopoly (People don't flock to buy products that don't work.)


Not to mention being there when Salinas privatized the industry, for which I imagine he's still indebted to Carlos.




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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 02:16 PM


I'm more interested in the 10 richest men in Punta Banda myself!!
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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 03:49 PM


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Just saying...what does Carlos Slim pay in taxes?

On being super rich, in the USA, the top 10 percent of taxpayers paid over 70% of the total amount collected in federal income taxes in 2010.

I wonder if the same holds for Mexico?
That same 10% controls 90% of the wealth so paying 70% of the taxes isn't such a bad deal for them.



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[*] posted on 5-1-2014 at 05:06 PM


what did he do to the tortilla?
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[*] posted on 5-2-2014 at 12:12 PM


On being super rich, in the USA, the top 10 percent of taxpayers paid over 70% of the total amount collected in federal income taxes in 2010.

Oh I would looooooove to see where that stat comes from...




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[*] posted on 5-2-2014 at 12:24 PM


same site that tells you to cough during a heart attack?:lol:
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[*] posted on 5-2-2014 at 05:19 PM


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On being super rich, in the USA, the top 10 percent of taxpayers paid over 70% of the total amount collected in federal income taxes in 2010.

Oh I would looooooove to see where that stat comes from...


HALF the people pay 0 income tax because they make below the min. and yet get all the services of being an American citizen. So, their share must be paid by those who make more the min. in our crazy tax system.

Of course, the really crazy answer is "tax corporations and big business more!" :lol::lol::lol:

Like business doesn't pass along tax increases to their customers (the rest of us) in the form of higher prices!

When you tax something you make it harder to buy or more expensive... What did this government recently do? They taxed our HEALTH CARE!

The only fair way to pay for needed government is one rate flat tax that everyone can afford and nobody will need to hide from paying.




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[*] posted on 5-2-2014 at 06:00 PM


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Rich people also don't just sit on their money, and count it like Donald Duck's uncle. They buy things, create jobs, grow the economy. I wish there were more rich people.

The economy is not static... there is no 'pie', with limited slices to take from. When someone gets rich, it does not take away from those who are not rich or prevent anyone else from success or wealth.


come on you are a supply and demand guy....there is only so much demand....you should have learned that when you studied (oops) competition. As for paying 0 income tax but using benefits, Its been so long since I haven't paid I wouldn't know how it feels...maybe you can enlighten us.
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[*] posted on 5-3-2014 at 08:54 AM


Oh, I want TOP YIELD from my commodities investment!

OK, everyone else agrees to raise prices of this basic necessary for life commodity, so let's do it! 300% increase!

What if there's a backlash?

A what? You must be joking!

DEMAND AND SUPPLY. We demand THIS price or no SUPPLY

I'm only a stupid MBA. What do you take me for?




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[*] posted on 5-3-2014 at 09:36 AM


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On being super rich, in the USA, the top 10 percent of taxpayers paid over 70% of the total amount collected in federal income taxes in 2010.

Oh I would looooooove to see where that stat comes from...


For those of you who believe in trickle down economics and supply side economics that do not know the above as fact, if that statement above can be substantiated, would you then incorporate that as fact and adjust your "macroeconomic" judgment accordingly? Or, would you persist in your original point of view in spite of the facts?

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[*] posted on 5-3-2014 at 09:46 AM


Top 10 Percent of Earners Paid 71 Percent of Federal Income Taxes
Top earners are the main target of tax increases, but the federal income tax system is already highly progressive. The top 10 percent of income earners paid 71 percent of all federal income taxes in 2010, though they earned only 45 percent of all income. The bottom 50 percent paid 2 percent of income taxes, but earned 12 percent of income.

http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/top10-percent-income-earners



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[*] posted on 5-3-2014 at 09:51 AM


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would you persist in your original point of view in spite of the facts?



Ahhh...who would do such a thing on this board? :lol:




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Top 10 Percent of Earners Paid 71 Percent of Federal Income Taxes
Top earners are the main target of tax increases, but the federal income tax system is already highly progressive. The top 10 percent of income earners paid 71 percent of all federal income taxes in 2010, though they earned only 45 percent of all income. The bottom 50 percent paid 2 percent of income taxes, but earned 12 percent of income.

http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/top10-percent-income-earners


SO?

"While the tax burden on this country's largest wage-earners has continued to grow since the Bush tax cuts were passed, the impact has been substantially muted.

The income gains made by the wealthiest Americans far outpaced that for the remaining workers, according to an analysis conducted for the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

In fact, two-thirds of the nation's total income gains from 2002 to 2007 flowed to the top 1 percent of households, the 2009 analysis of IRS data by economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez showed."

and

"In the U.S., the share of total gross income (excluding capital gains) going to the top 1 percent of earners has more than doubled since 1981, standing at nearly 20 percent in 2012. Other countries have seen similar rises, but none as dramatic as the one in the U.S. And the super-rich - the top 0.1 percent - have quadrupled their share of the pie, from 2 percent in 1980 to more than 8 percent in 2010."


I wouldn't mind being a 1 percenter and paying taxes!



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