The richest woman in the world has a message for the worlds working middle class: drink less, work more.
Gina Rinehart sparked another controversy in her latest column in Australian Resources and Investment magazine.
Rinehart goes against class warfare and says the non-rich should stop attacking the rich and go to work.
Rinehart wrote "no monopoly on becoming a millionaire," in a column in Australian Resources Magazine, according to the AFP.
"If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain," Rinehart wrote. "Do something to make more money yourself -- spend less time drinking or smoking and socializing, and more time working."
Working hard is one way to make a lot of money, however Rinehart inherited her wealth when her father died in 1992 leaving her $75 million and she managed to invest that money in almost $19 billion over the past 20 years according to AOL Daily Finance.
Rinehart may have worked hard, however she did have an immense head start above everyone else.
The country's Treasurer slammed her column, saying it was "an insult to the millions of Australian workers who go to work and slog it out to feed the kids and pay the bills," according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Rinehart warned that when governments target the rich, they really hurt the middle and lower classes.
"The terrible millionaires and billionaires can often invest in other countries. And if they do suffer, what does that really mean? Maybe their teenagers don't get the cars they wanted or a better beach house or maybe the holiday to Europe is cut short; But otherwise life goes on for these millionaires and billionaires."
She writes, "If you want to help the poor and our next generation, make investment, reinvestments and businesses welcome.
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