World's richest women thinks people should work for $2 a day

[SaabMan 10]

No, I'm not and no it doesn't.

 

Yes, You are and it does.

 

I just pointed out that I disagree with her comments and that you would, quite clearly, wipe her backside clean.

 

Hey, look, you did it again.

[mumkin 10]

The trouble is, though, can the Africans even live on $2 a day?

 

Some can some can't depends upon where in Africa you live. Egypt for instance $2 a day equates to 85 Le which is enough to feed a small family at Egyptian price (local price, not ex-pat or tourist price). OK not brilliant but survival rate.

 

But anyway, the OPs title is very misleading as it wasn't inferred that people should live on $2 a day.......the OP is deliberately misquoting for his own agenda (again)

[Bonzo77 13]

Yes, You are and it does.

 

 

 

Hey, look, you did it again.

 

Ahhhh... don't get all upset, one day you too might become a millionaire and have people licking your boots and looking up to you.

[SaabMan 10]

Ahhhh... don't get all upset,

 

I wont. Thanks

[johncocker 10]

Some woman in Australia (the richest woman in the world) who owes her fortune to inheriting a mining empire, thinks that Australians should stop drinking and smoking and think about being more competitive like the Africans who work for $2 a day.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19487985

 

 

 

Surely they should be a lot of support for this woman on here?

 

She WORKED hard for her mineral rights upon the land did she not? She deserves it. And the plebians should be grateful to work for $2 a day.

 

What do you think?

 

a lot of that as been taken out of context,but

she's still a nasty piece of work ,she's anti union and doesn't give a stuff about workers condition's just profit.

 

 

 

just one of the problems with her is the "guest workers"(usually indians and chinese) she employs, like the the Sino Iron project in the Pilbara ,foriegn workers are getting $70,000 to $80,000 for jobs for which local workers would be paid about $150,000.

This emerged from the first investigation by the Immigration Department into alleged underpayment at the site.

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[epiphany 10]

Jelous, much?

 

No, there are far more worthy people to be jealous of!

[Crayfish 10]

a lot of that as been taken out of context,but

she's still a nasty piece of work ,she's anti union and doesn't give a stuff about workers condition's just profit.

 

 

 

just one of the problems with her is the "guest workers"(usually indians and chinese) she employs, like the the Sino Iron project in the Pilbara ,foriegn workers are getting $70,000 to $80,000 for jobs for which local workers would be paid about $150,000.

This emerged from the first investigation by the Immigration Department into alleged underpayment at the site.

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Really, £45-50 grand is underpayment?

[Bladesman 10]

Lots taken out of context in the writing up of the article... not surprising really. BBC News articles are becoming more like the Guardian by the day.

 

 

 

She didn't say that, nor imply it (in the video which is the evidence that the article quotes).

 

 

 

These are two different issues, but as for the bold: I didn't hear her say that either, nor imply it. She said...

 

 

 

Which seems reasonable. Our own countries manufacturing/mining can't compete with the Far-east and Africa, so I fail to see how Aus can.

 

The commentator then said...

 

 

 

(I didn't her say that in the video, or anything even close to that)

 

the PM said...

 

 

 

I can't see any relation in the article and video supplied by the BBC.

 

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They made a meal of 'Australians would be richer if they smoked and drank less', which might be individually accurate, probably isn't true as a whole [in the short term], as so many people are employed in these businesses.

 

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I'm sure they do.

 

They could perhaps buy them out.

 

 

 

Seems fairly accurate to me. Not much different to other westernised countries.

 

They seem to be doing that a fair bit these days.

 

Do they employ former guardian journos these days?

[Anna B 1,414]

Lots taken out of context in the writing up of the article... not surprising really. BBC News articles are becoming more like the Guardian by the day.

 

 

 

She didn't say that, nor imply it (in the video which is the evidence that the article quotes).

 

 

 

These are two different issues, but as for the bold: I didn't hear her say that either, nor imply it. She said...

 

 

 

Which seems reasonable. Our own countries manufacturing/mining can't compete with the Far-east and Africa, so I fail to see how Aus can.

 

The commentator then said...

 

 

 

(I didn't her say that in the video, or anything even close to that)

 

the PM said...

 

 

 

I can't see any relation in the article and video supplied by the BBC.

 

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They made a meal of 'Australians would be richer if they smoked and drank less', which might be individually accurate, probably isn't true as a whole [in the short term], as so many people are employed in these businesses.

 

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I'm sure they do.

 

They could perhaps buy them out.

 

 

 

Seems fairly accurate to me. Not much different to other westernised countries.

 

The trouble is a lot of politicians think like her. When the only people they talk to and socialise with are people like her it's not surprising it rubs off.

[Jim Hardie 527]

"...if we competed at the olympic games as sluggishly as we compete economically there would be an outcry."

 

They did and there was.

[*_ash_* 88]

The trouble is a lot of politicians think like her. When the only people they talk to and socialise with are people like her it's not surprising it rubs off.

 

I don't know how she thinks, so I don't know, and that wasn't the point anyway. If people make judgements on how other people 'think' by reading stories like this (which they do), then when a story is written using inferences, rather than what was actually said, then the people's judgements aren't necessarily accurate.

[Joe-b-1 10]

hope the fat _______ gets what she deserves - a heart attack.