On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:54:01 -0800 (PST), John Bowes
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bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
A long read but an interesting one for those with open minds. One of the many things Rich the liar lacks...
https://thebfd.co.nz/2023/01/11/when-governments-go-off-piste/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-governments-go-off-piste
The fundamentals of this article were about the new Labour Government
in 1984 introducing reforms that were never part of their manifesto
and that part of the article is correct. The Bob Jones Party (that
split the National vote so paved the way for the Labour victory in
1984), declared job done when 'Rogernomics' appeared. Most of those
reforms are still in place now. The disintegration of Labour
leadership in 1990 prior to the election was a major contributor to
National's victory.
The National governments that Muldoon led continued policies (such as
strict import licencing and exporter subsidies) that had been in place
since WWII or prior. While Muldoon did initiate 'Think Big' and there
were some benefits, the economic returns were questionable and
supported by restrictive import controls (there could be no Gull then,
all steel came from NZ Steel etc) and that is why the remnants of
Think Big are either gone or significantly changed today. Rogernomics
saw the loosening of our government command-and-control of the
economy.
The current Government will hopefully not survive because unlike
Rogernomics in 1987, their reforms have no popular support and
Labour's hypocrisy over transparent governance is unparalleled.
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