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By David Lazarus
September 5, 2012, 10:13 a.m.
The world's richest woman, Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, drew international scorn recently after saying that people who are jealous of the wealthy should drink less and work harder.
And now she's back with some more helpful advice.
Speaking at the Sydney Mining Club, Rinehart said her country's mining industry couldn't compete with nations that are willing to pay workers less than $2 a day for their sweat and labor.
The implicit suggestion: Employers should be free to pay workers whatever they please.
More at:
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-richest-woman-pay-20120905,0,6971046.story
Also, her wealth increase after inheriting the mining business was PURE LUCK based on ore prices skyrocketing:
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Warpy
(111,339 posts)and live on that wage for six months.
RagAss
(13,832 posts)From the looks of her, her food bill is $2 a minute.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Is she willing to take a huge pay cut also?
Seriously, why don't the asshats that continue to compare workers in a first world capitalistic democracy with third world countries and countries based on different economic and political systems just move to the country that already has the low wages they prefer?