You’re all just lazy drunks who didn’t happen to inherit $30 billion – and don’t think she didn’t work hard for it:
According to the world’s richest woman, low-income people are only poor because they don’t work hard enough, and because the government has coddled them with a minimum wage that is too high. Australian Gina Rinehart, who inherited her $30 billion fortune, said, “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 socialising, and more time working”:
“There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire,” she wrote in an industry magazine column.
“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 socialising, and more time working.
“Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.”
Rinehart blamed what she described as “socialist”, anti-business policies for the plight of Australia’s poor, urging the government to lower the minimum wage, as well as taxes, unless it wanted to end up like Greece.
Australian Treasury minister Wayne Swan replied, “These sorts of comments are an insult to the millions of Australian workers who go to work and slog it out to feed the kids and pay the bills.” Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called Rinehart’s comments about the minimum wage “just plain wrong” and an “odd thing to say.” Australia’s minimum wage is $15.96 per hour.
Rinehart is not the only one of the the world’s richest people to weigh in on public policy recently. Last month, Carlos Slim, whose $65 billion fortune makes him the world’s richest person, said countries that are struggling economically should raise their respective retirement ages to 70.
When you die the entirety of your assests should go to we the people. That’s right. If your kin is a billionaire when they die all of their money and property should be taxed at 100% and you get nothing, zero, zilch. If you don’t like that scheme then move out of the country. At which point we the people will take 90% of what you own as an exit tax. Screw you rich people. Because we damn sure know you’re screwing 99% of us.
Are these people really people, or are they some form of alien cretins who have no hint of consciousin their being?
It’s well known most wealthy people contribute less percentage-wise of their fortunes to charitable causes and lack as much empathy for others as the rest of society. Money is indeed the root of all evil. And she has plenty of it.
The LATimes ran that story with a picture of the woman. She sure doesn’t look like a noble. My first thought was, “Oh, an article about meth-addicted po’ white trash.” Then I find out she’s a multi-billionaire.
I was born in Australia, which makes me want to say on behalf of the country that we need to reboot our rich folk and upgrade to a classier version.