World richest woman says, " stop being jealous of the wealthy, should drink less and work harder "

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.

This echoes Rinehart's earlier to-do list, in
which she urged Aussie lawmakers to cut
the minimum wage so that, well, she
wouldn't have to spend so much money on
things like workers' salaries and benefits.
"The evidence is inarguable that Australia
is becoming too expensive and too
uncompetitive to do export-oriented
business," Rinehart said at the Sydney
Mining Club. "Africans want to work, and
its workers are willing to work for less than
$2 per day. Such statistics make me worry
for this country's future." Yep, it's getting harder and harder to be a
job creator.

Rinehart knows what it means to pull
yourself up by the bootstraps. She inherited a fortune now estimated to be worth about $18 billion. That's a heavy burden to bear.

Yet, inexplicably, Australian Prime Minister
Julia Gillard didn't take Rinehart's advice
in the generous spirit with which it was
offered.

"It's not the Australian way to toss people
$2, to toss them a gold coin, and then ask
them to work for a day," Gillard said. "We
support proper Australian wages and
decent working conditions."
Socialist.

As Rinehart observed in an earlier
magazine piece: "There is no monopoly on
becoming a millionaire. 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,
smoking and socializing and more time
working."

And, apparently, you should be happy with
whatever table scraps you receive by way
of compensation.