Rebirth: Japanese investor

   Chapter 656 Poor

   Kishimoto Masayoshi and Sakai Rie were having dinner when the lights suddenly went out. He didn't panic at all, and his first reaction was that it was time for his birthday cake to appear.

   Sure enough, a man in a tuxedo was playing the violin in narcissism. As for the music he played, it was the well-known happy birthday song.

   A waitress was pushing a birthday cake with a trolley and walked slowly in the direction of Kishimoto Masayoshi to the music of the violin.

   Kishimoto Masayoshi looked at the lit candles on the birthday cake, not three, but thirty. Those birthday candles were not the thin ones that Xia Jing Makoto used, but they were as thick as her little finger.

  The birthday cake is a single layer, but it is huge. Even if you eat it with Sakai Rie, you can't finish it at all. He knew it himself, just wanted to take a formalist approach.

  Kishimoto Masayoshi saw the waitress stop and set it up as a trolley, then stood up slowly and moved some steps outward.

   He looked directly at the birthday cake, crossed his fingers into a big fist and placed it in front of his face to start the indispensable birthday wish.

   "Are you going to blow out the birthday candles with me?" Masayoshi Kishimoto said without rushing to blow out the birthday candles.

   Sakai Rie nodded and stood up cautiously. She stood there and didn't move, but Kishimoto Masayoshi came to her side with the help of candlelight.

   Sakai Rie took the initiative to stretch out one of her hands and hold his hand with fingers intertwined. The two took a deep breath in tacit agreement, then bent down and blew out the lit candle together.

   After all the candles were blown out, the lights in the restaurant were all lit again. Sakai Rie generously kissed Kishimoto Masayoshi's profile, and said with a sincere smile, "Happy birthday."

   "Thank you." Masayoshi Kishimoto also leaned over and kissed her right cheek in front of the crowd.

   He picked up the birthday cake knife from the trolley and cut it without hesitation. Whether he eats or not, it really doesn't matter to him at all.

   Anyway, I will have a birthday cake sent by Fujie Nao during the supper time before 12 o'clock in the evening. He looked at the cream on the birthday cake and felt sick in his heart.

   Kishimoto Masayoshi first put down the sword in his hand, and then sat down with Sakai Rie back. He circled the table halfway, then returned to his seat to sit down.

   "My birthday was too extravagant. In fact, I can do more meaningful things. For example, donate the money for my birthday to charity." Masayoshi Kishimoto said calmly.

   "You're blaming me for spending money." Sakai Rie said bluntly.

   "Did you know that every year hundreds of Mexicans smuggle across the Mexican border to the United States die on the way?

   These Mexicans who work illegally in the United States remit $9 billion from the United States to Mexico every year.

   Those family members who stayed in Mexico used remittances to improve their lives, as well as to repair houses, get married, do some small business and so on.

  The people at the bottom of Mexican society are so difficult, not to mention the extreme poverty of people in some countries and regions such as Africa, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.

   In any case, Mexico also has the advantage of being geographically close to the United States, which will benefit from it. " Kishimoto said seriously.

"I say you are hypocritical! You will never admit it. Then even if you pay too much attention to the poor. Ralph Waldo Love, an American thinker, writer, poet, and one of the spiritual representatives of American thought In his book "Self-reliance", Merson spoke righteously about the poor.

  His original words, what does it have to do with me? Don't tell me, don't tell me like the good-hearted people today do, that it is my duty to make life better for all the poor.

   They are poor, but are they my poor? I tell you, you stupid philanthropist, I begrudge every dime, even every penny.

   Those poor people have nothing to do with me, and I will fight for their penny. " Sakai Rie retorted strongly with reason.

   "If this was in the past, when I was a student, I thought he was right. However, now I think he was extreme and biased.

   Everyone has to succeed through their own efforts, and if you haven’t succeeded, it’s because you didn’t try hard enough. Charity is likely to do bad things with good intentions and encourage the lazy habits of the poor.

   This should be the core content of Ralph Waldo Emerson's thoughts to express his remarks, but two concepts should be distinguished, one is unequal outcome and the other is unequal opportunity.

   There are many people who don’t like to discuss the issue of inequality, because they believe that inequality of results is a natural law, and that forcing everyone to be equal is a violation of freedom.

   Ralph Waldo Emerson thought so too. When it comes to inequality of opportunity, though, few would support inequality of opportunity.

  Whether it is rich or poor, whether it is on the left or on the right, in fact, everyone believes that everyone should have equal opportunities. This is the real fairness. However, this is not the case.

   What we see is the fact that inequality of opportunity must lead to inequality of outcomes, and inequality of outcomes in turn affects inequality of opportunity. "Kishimoto said in a dialectical manner.

   "It's not that I want to fight you tonight, but you have to fight me. Regarding the poverty alleviation of the poor, that is what the government should do.

   There are many poor people in a country, which can only show that the government does not do much in this aspect and does not govern much. Why do I say that?

   That is because each of us is a taxpayer. We turned our taxes over to the government. How the government allocates our tax dollars, works...that's their business, not ours.

   So Ralph Waldo Emerson said, what's my business? Those poor people have nothing to do with me. They are poor, but are they my poor? "Sakai Rie did not agree with his statement.

   "I reserve my opinion, what you say is what it is!" Kishimoto Masayoshi suddenly remembered that he had to get away from her, so he couldn't make her unhappy.

   "Now, you don't agree with what Ralph Waldo Emerson said, that's your business. I firmly support what he said." Sakai Rie said seriously.

  Kishimoto Masayoshi knows that once he argues with her, there will be no end to it. Besides, there is no meaning. His strategy was to remain silent as a response.

   (end of this chapter)