Poor old Gerry has become a very rich man, with the sweat of his brow, all of his tax write-offs...plus the hard-earned dollar of working stiffs wanting to but their latest mass marketed Big screen TVs...with nothing to pay for 15 months etc. etc.
Now the costs of becoming a billionaire are getting too great for him.
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22619233-462,00.html
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BILLIONAIRE retailer Gerry Harvey says Australia needs a two-tier wage system to allow employers to pay foreign guest workers less than locals.
The Harvey Norman boss said Australia's prosperity was creating a labour shortage and endangering the nation's competitiveness.
He said a growing number of Australian manufacturers were moving overseas, where cheap labour was plentiful.
He called on the Federal Government to allow foreign workers on fixed visas to form a second tier to the labour market.
"Australia doesn't have cheap labour. Many overseas workers would be prepared to move here for a much better life and half the money Australians earn," he said.
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"I've got horse studs and it's difficult to get staff.
"Workers would rather work in the mines where they get paid twice as much.
typical rich [censored] who sees others (like his stud workers), as beneath him.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/stories/s63513.htm
Quote:
GERRY HARVEY, CHAIRMAN HARVEY NORMAN: My belief is you could replace nine out of ten chief operating officers in Australia with people that are getting less than a quarter of what they get and you would get a better result in nine cases out of ten.
Don't ever see him suggesting that he deserved a pay cut, or the reduction of his living standards.
Now the costs of becoming a billionaire are getting too great for him.
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22619233-462,00.html
Quote:
BILLIONAIRE retailer Gerry Harvey says Australia needs a two-tier wage system to allow employers to pay foreign guest workers less than locals.
The Harvey Norman boss said Australia's prosperity was creating a labour shortage and endangering the nation's competitiveness.
He said a growing number of Australian manufacturers were moving overseas, where cheap labour was plentiful.
He called on the Federal Government to allow foreign workers on fixed visas to form a second tier to the labour market.
"Australia doesn't have cheap labour. Many overseas workers would be prepared to move here for a much better life and half the money Australians earn," he said.
.
.
.
"I've got horse studs and it's difficult to get staff.
"Workers would rather work in the mines where they get paid twice as much.
typical rich [censored] who sees others (like his stud workers), as beneath him.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/stories/s63513.htm
Quote:
GERRY HARVEY, CHAIRMAN HARVEY NORMAN: My belief is you could replace nine out of ten chief operating officers in Australia with people that are getting less than a quarter of what they get and you would get a better result in nine cases out of ten.
Don't ever see him suggesting that he deserved a pay cut, or the reduction of his living standards.
