Thursday, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:10
Firstly Jim, understand that politically, I am an atheist and have been since voting at 18 was introduced, forcing me to to make a decision three years earlier than I needed to, before having
gained any political knowledge with maturity.
Additionally, I am not one to malign a person recently deceased. From what I understand and my own observations over the years, the man was highly regarded as an individual and so be it.
Having said that, I did "google" as you suggested and have had my thoughts regarding some of this persons " achievements " confirmed.
Some results of the Button Car Plan.
The massive loss of jobs in the Australian auto industry,
The contribution to the imbalance of import / export payments as tariffs are reduced and the additional vehicles needed for this country have to be imported as local manufacturers have model limits placed on them. e.g. Toyota strangle hold on the availability of a 6cyl trayback in the market place until very recently.
( "Toyota Workmate"...indeed )
Failure to remove the government subsidy of local car manufacturers.
Further, the ushering in of a union official as a prime minister, could hardly be called an achievement. Some redeeming of this action did occur however with disputes with that leader, over the financial management of the country at that time.
This is not intended to start a political debate, it is simply an observation of documented occurrences over the years.
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