"I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more," he says. "This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself," he says.
Still Free
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Jose Mujica: The world's 'poorest' president
From the BBC. I appreciated one of the comments from the president in regards to materialism: