Ricardo Salinas Pliego Quotes
Let’s make the poor richer.
Owner of one of the only 2 Mexican Television Networks
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, President and CEO of Grupo Salinas, Interview, PBS The Charlie Rose Show, October 31, 2013
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The “War on Poverty” had an intellectual precursor.
He was concerned that if steps were taken to protect the environment and they slowed or shrank economic growth, the burden would fall disproportionately on the poor.
The "Great Depression" began the following year.
At the time of this quotation, the nation had gone through more than 3 decades of enormous increase in prosperity for the wealthy, and modest gains for the highly skilled, technically trained workers. However, correcting for inflation, average salaries did not increase at all. The middle class was particularly hard hit. Only 20 percent of the population benefitted from the growth at all; however, the 1 percent had rarely prospered more. Kenworthy’s principle did not apply for this period of American history.
Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is a Mexican billionaire businessman, founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a group of companies with interests in telecommunications, media, financial services, and retail stores.
