Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates is offering survival advice to the worlds most impoverished people. The worlds richest man, whose net worth is said to be a sizeable $79 billion and who earns an additional $20 million daily on interest alone, advises those who are living in extreme poverty to get chickens! Sputnik news reports: In a piece titled, “Why I Would Raise Chickens,” the tech mogul doled out survival advice for economically disenfranchised people living off of the equivalent of $2 per day in countries where Microsoft profitably outsources much of their workforce. Gates suggested that he, too, could survive on $2 a day, and said that, if faced with the brutality of extreme poverty, he would find a way to survive harsh terrain, economic exploitation, endemic corruption, and a constant threat of murder by “empowering” himself and his destitute community to raise chickens. The man with the highest net worth in the world asserted that chickens are a good “investment” for the world’s poorest. In Africa, chickens cost an average of $5 apiece, but within months one hen could produce as many as 40 chicks, providing income to economically ravaged people. Eggs serve as a critical source of protein and nutrition and can help to keep starving families alive. The world’s most successful entrepreneur argues that chicken ownership can [...]
