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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Sun Sep 9, 2012, 02:33 PM Sep 2012

And we wonder why we are in the mess we are in ...

The world’s richest woman has equated Australia’s minimum wage to “class warfare,” following her controversial article last week where she called poor workers coddled, lazy drunks. Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, who inherited her $30 billion fortune and mining empire, pointed to workers who make less than $2 as a model for economic competitiveness in mining:

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/09/05/797221/worlds-richest-woman-minimum-wage/

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And we wonder why we are in the mess we are in ... (Original Post) MindMover Sep 2012 OP
Sociopath. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #1
Words of wisdom from my dad: Liberal Gramma Sep 2012 #2
The French revolution never made more sense than it does now. Initech Sep 2012 #3

Liberal Gramma

(1,471 posts)
2. Words of wisdom from my dad:
Sun Sep 9, 2012, 03:05 PM
Sep 2012

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the kind of people he gave it to."

Initech

(100,079 posts)
3. The French revolution never made more sense than it does now.
Sun Sep 9, 2012, 03:05 PM
Sep 2012

This is pretty much like saying ""let them eat cake".

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