World's richest woman says poor should have less fun, work harder

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Building union chief Tony Maher said Mrs Rinehart's comments showed why Australia's mining billionaires should not lead Australia's economic debate.

The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union national president said in a statement today that Mrs Rinehart's comments revealed her "twisted logic".

"At the same time as trying to import cheap foreign labour and avoid paying tax, Rinehart claims it's millionaires and billionaires who are the greatest for social good. What planet is she living on?"

Mr Maher said Mrs Rinehart was born into a mining fortune and once you had such a fortune it was not hard to build on it, especially in an era of record prices for Australian resources.

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Originally Posted by Iginla

She comes across as ignorant and an idiot. People don't need to work harder, they need to work smarter.

I think people need to work harder and smarter, although, I agree with you, it's more important to work smarter.

[Azure]

Lots of people just need to work harder.

Working smarter is something you learn from working harder and becoming better at what you do.