This is the letter I emailed Carlos Slim Helu today. According to Forbes, his family’s monetary wealth is estimated to be 74 billion dollars.
Dear Mr. Helu:
It has recently come to my attention that you and your family have the most monetary wealth in the world. I refer to a web page that I see on Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/wealth/billionaires/list.
I see that you are from Mexico. I have read that there are a lot of financial problems in Mexico. We are from the United States. My husband and I lived in Mexico for 18 months, and just like the United States, I see that there are people who are begging in the streets for money. In Mexico, there are also children who beg for money. Some children suffer from malnourishment as well. When we visited there we met a teenager who had suffered such that her hair, which was supposed to be black, had portions in it that were brittle and pale.
Seventy-four billion dollars is more than enough money for you and your family. I have a proposal for you and your family. I would like you to donate the excess money you have–like roughly seventy-three billion dollars and a half–to people who have suffered from poverty in Mexico. I am sure many people will be appreciative of this and this will make your life and your family’s lives much more happy.
I think it will also be good to reject NAFTA as I have heard first hand from people that this has harmed them–both in Mexico and in the United States. It especially impacted the cost of tortillas.
Can you please help with this issue?
Peace,
Lady
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Contact information – Mr. Carlos Slim Helu:
Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Consejo de Administración
c/o Carlos Slim Helu, Presidente Honorario Vitalicio
Parque Via 198
Oficina 701
Colonia Cuauhtemoc
06599 Mexico, D.F.
Mexico
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Phone: +52-55-5703-3990
Fax: +52-55-5545-5550
E-Mail: ri@telmex.com