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

[Canuckistanian]

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."

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....

[Dawson Leery]

1. Another one who inheritied their wealth.

[Canuckistanian]

2. And she's second generation wealthy

She didn't build that wealth - it landed in her ample lap

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. yep.

[tech3149]

3. For me I'd be happy to drink more and work less

Work is highly overrated unless you work for yourself.

[Initech]

4. Wealthy moochers - the whole lot of 'em!

[snooper2]

5. You know, if I had billions and billions of dollars I damn sure would spend five of them

on a hairbrush

[11 Bravo]

7. I would say she won the "lucky sperm" lottery if I hadn't seen that face!

[HappyMe]

8. Good grief!

She needs to shut her pie hole and maybe do some good with her unearned 19 billion.

[AsahinaKimi]

9. She may be an Aussie but she has the Heartlessness

Of a American Republican...