'Drink Less, Work More', Billionaire Tells Non-Rich'

[LeftofObama]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/drink-less-more-billionaire-tells-152654355.html



Gina Rinehart seems to court controversy - from her family lawsuits to her battles with Australian media.

Now, 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).

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As bad as Queen Ann Robme is, this thing (I hesitate to call her a woman, or human for that matter) is much much worse!

[Warpy]

1. Yeah, plan to win the genetic lottery before you're born

because that's how she did it.

Elitist crap like she's spouting is the reason for periodic revolutions and the wholesale slaughter of the gentry.

Of course, she's never read history. It's too scary.

[louis-t]

2. Has she ever worked a day in her life?

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Fuck 'em. I want to drink more and work less.

[Xyzse]

4. Not quite true

Success is through connections.
Take this quick little exercise...

1 - Write down 5 people that you spend the most time with as friends.
2 - Estimate how much they earn per year, do your best guess.
3 - Add them all up and then average them.
-- You will notice that your income will be close to that average.

Working hard is not enough, it is also who you know which in turn allows you to find better opportunities.

[zbdent]

5. Oooo, she's gonna piss off the 'baggers ...

who would have to put down their beers and stop complaining about how everything else gets in their way of "doing work" ... regulations, taxes, rules, etc.

[Cleita]

6. She says over a Martini at her exclusive club, while she

she writes her treatise.