Sir John Howard wrote:
>
http://news.smh.com.au/former-labor-minister-john-button-dies/20080408-24hs.html
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> Former federal Labor minister John Button has died.
>
....
>
> The Button Car Plan, as it was known, involved the steady withdrawal
> of protection accompanied by greater government ex****t incentives and
> grants to encourage Australian design, while the industry reduced the
> number of plants and models to gain economies of scale.
>
....
>
> "He was a man who served Australia well.
>
> "He brought wit and grace into politics (and) I will miss John as an
> admired friend."
>
> Mr Button's family had lost a very special person, Mr Chaney said.
>
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>
> Yeah, this **** was responsible for thousands of people losing their
> jobs. Nice going, you stupid labour retard!
Hmmm...silly characterisation - calling someone a "leftie" who
implemented a major plank of globalisation - which in any case was part
& parcel of micro-economic reform.
If it weren't for the wisdom and foresight behind the micro-economic
reform we would be a banana republic. Mind you, after 11 years of John
Howard and a resources boom, why is the BoP negative and falling?
Top-right, last bar:
http://www.rba.gov.au/ChartPack/output_expenditure_activity_fincon.pdf
