If you're earning more than $2/day you're stealing from Rinehart!

Unable to respond to the subject of the message you make a personal attack...

 

Some of them are way happier about it than you are, because they've to accept it with a smile despite the inconvenience. You actually make way more than that, but whine over someone else's opinion which wouldn't have even bothered you if you hadn't misinterpreted it to begin with.

Plus $2 a day goes much further in Africa than it would in Australia. A person literally could not survive on $2 a day in Australia.

More emotion over reason.

 

of course $2 goes a lot further in Africa, a worker could probably buy a half kilo of corn for $2, his wife could grind it to make this porridge stuff they eat and it would feed the whole family. Your right, you couldn't feed a family in Australia for $2, DOCS would take away your kids.

 

It still ceases to amaze me! You are still missing the point, even some of your conservative backers have alluded to it, but have obviously gone quiet because you and aussie are on another tangent!

 

The point is, that the "point" is bullsh1t.

 

Good well thought out reply, that's the way to convince people to your side, a well articulated response.

 

Speaking of living in a 'fantasy land'.........

 

LOL

Actually, Truth did bite him on the bum once.....
You're right!
He didn't recognise it.

 

Suggest you do a little research into wages and conditions in the African mining industry.
Being the clever little vegemite you think you are, that shouldn't be too much of a task.

 

No he is right wolfie, in Africa a family can live on $2 a day and in Australia we can't. I mean they have no real housing, roads, electricity, sewerage, running clean water, health care, social services, or food to speak of, but yes they can manage .... well some do, a lot do die, but there are others to replace them in the mines, after all, $2 is $2, and in Africa that's a good days wages for working in sub human conditions. So don't you go insulting my good friend spacecadet!

 

I may have mixed the original premise that African miners wages were $2/day and the latter point of Africans living on $2/day.

No argument about living on $2/day in either country, just the error in some believing that African miners work for $2/day.

Apologies for any confusion.

 

BTW...
What's happening with that 'Simple Country Boy"?

I'm waiting for the next instalment.

 

I have answered that there. Sorry about the confusion.

 

It never ceases to amaze me, that people still consider the wealth of people is intrinsically involved with the relative value of the actually income of their own.

People assume, if somebody in another country is not being paid about the same as what they themselves are being paid, in the best relativistic terms they can conceive, they are poor or being exploited . However, they do not realise that they themselves are some of the highest paid, yet not the wealthiest people in the world.

Should this stop them from examining the issues involved? No, but they should also consider the relative wealth of the entire country and not a single segment of the population, which appears to be the case here.

As we see above, one poster considers that the wealth of the population is also drawn from their ability to gain welfare from their government body, not from what they can buy for their money. The poster has assumed, because the country is not in a condition, of what they believe, it should be in comparison to their own, the people are poor and being exploited, from the single heading of 'If you're earning more than $2/day you're stealing from Rinehart!' believing the highlighted is the complete picture of what is actually occurring.

The very fact that the poster has not researched the issue to discuss it, shows greatly. The blind arrogance of what they believe the rest of the world should be and the ignorance of their ability to consider real wealth and conceive of the differences on global scale. It is extraordinary, to say the least.

 

Fair dinkum! Opposition for the sake of opposition, it is such a conservative trait! I just wonder whether threatening women and intimidation is tolerated behind closed doors. I think you either know the context of the post or are just too literal, therefore your cents less rant!

 

do you actually have something? or is it your rule in life to attempt to insult everybody?

 

I've already made statements here and elsewhere, but as stated you fail to understand the context and continue to oppose anyone or anything not from conservative standing. Stop twisting information to support your own delusions and start debating from a factual stance not creating a stance that suits you by twisting clear contexts.

 

LOL... Conservative stance? Perhaps you could explain exactly how my comment was a conservative stance...LOL, I think you have a problem with that.

perhaps you could also explain, exactly what FACTUAL information I have twisted, in my comment. LOL...

Clear comment of the post I replied to was that the particular people of a country was POOR due to the fact it did not have the same advantages as Australia has for it's people. It would seem to be you who is now trying to delude yourself that this is not true.

As the comment clearly states, DV is obviously equating wealth to his own circumstances without any factual information.

YOU uphold the very context of my reply, with this arrogant attempt at insinuating yourself into something that obviously had nothing to do with you.

LOL... perhaps you should reflect on your own premise of this post, I am replying to. As it appears that you simply wish to oppose my comment... for god knows why. The fact you have made statements is totally irrelevant to the comment I made or even responded to. The fact you wish to continue to attribute some hidden meaning to others comments is increasingly destroying any credibility you believe you have.

 

I really don't think they are listening, thank goodness the majority aren't taken in, the polls are reflecting what is our real problems. Newman's razor gangs are pre-warning people of what an Abbott led government would do.

 

LOL... what red herring are you now trying to produce. You made a claim based upon your opinion of another country, so therefore it is suddenly a problem of Australia's?

LOL... talk about strawmen. Do you actually attempt to debate the Subjects of the threads, or is it that you simply wish to impress everybody with your own deluded insight of how the rest of the world should think

 

Thread fail. Gina Rineharts comments re wages in other countries was made in the context of international competition, in this regard she makes a valid point. Wages of Chinese workers are also very low, therefore we can`t compete with China in many fields of industry. It makes no sense at all to twist the meaning of people`s dialogue, to lie about the meaning of their comments, simply to fuel a hysterical wrist flap.

 

Rhinehart wants to lower wages and decrease taxes........and it's not because she is a greedy old cow! I mean the the poor woman shouldn't be expected to lower her income by a couple of tens of billions when she is doing it so tough. I mean this may help sort out the issue she raises in terms of costs but hey, why do that when her filthy rich workers could lower their wages and work longer hours for less money.
She is the richest woman in the world, maybe if she lowered her wage Australia might become more competitive.

 

Have you considered that is she actually make Australia more competitive with the world market by reducing costs (even her own profit margin) that she will actually gain more wealth? However, you would ignore the cost side of things and complain about the profits generated?

No she is not the richest woman in the world, However, she could lower her wage and you would still complain.

Do you even know what here wages where last year? Do you know what percentage of the costs her wage is to the costs of the production?

Nice tall poppy syndrome there. I thought you despised bigotry?

 

Poor woman, I'll take up a collection for her.

 

Lol.......that's all I can say. I can't take you seriously!