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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrink Less, Work More', Billionaire Tells Non-Rich
Gina Rinehart seems to court controversy - from her family lawsuits to her battles with Australian media.
Gina RinehartNow, the Australian mining heiress, worth $19 billion dollars and earlier this year thought to be the world's richest woman, has sparked another controversy in her latest column in Australian Resources and Investment magazine. (Yes, I am a registered reader online.) Rinehart rails against class warfare and says the non-rich should stop attacking the rich and go to work.
"There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire," she writes. "If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain. Do something to make more money yourself - spend less time drinking, or smoking and socializing and more time working."
Gina RinehartNow, the Australian mining heiress, worth $19 billion dollars and earlier this year thought to be the world's richest woman, has sparked another controversy in her latest column in Australian Resources and Investment magazine. (Yes, I am a registered reader online.) Rinehart rails against class warfare and says the non-rich should stop attacking the rich and go to work.
"There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire," she writes. "If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain. Do something to make more money yourself - spend less time drinking, or smoking and socializing and more time working."
The comments were part of a treatise on what she sees as Australia's decline due to high taxes, high wages and over-regulation. Rinehart said taxes should fall, red tape should be cut, environmental rules relaxed and the minimum wage should be lowered. (It's currently AUS $15.06 an hour or $606 a week, about the same in U.S. dollars)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/drink-less-more-billionaire-tells-152654355.html
Now, where did I put that pitchfork....
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Drink Less, Work More', Billionaire Tells Non-Rich (Original Post)
Canuckistanian
Aug 2012
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Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. Another one who inheritied their wealth.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)2. And she's second generation wealthy
She didn't build that wealth - it landed in her ample lap
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)6. yep.
tech3149
(4,452 posts)3. For me I'd be happy to drink more and work less
Work is highly overrated unless you work for yourself.
Initech
(100,089 posts)4. Wealthy moochers - the whole lot of 'em!
snooper2
(30,151 posts)5. You know, if I had billions and billions of dollars I damn sure would spend five of them
on a hairbrush
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)7. I would say she won the "lucky sperm" lottery if I hadn't seen that face!
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)8. Good grief!
She needs to shut her pie hole and maybe do some good with her unearned 19 billion.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)9. She may be an Aussie but she has the Heartlessness
Of a American Republican...