Roger Douglas was the Labour Finance Minister from 1984 to 1988 that started rolling the ball of radical economic and social welfare reforms in New Zealand. His reforms, dubbed "Rogernomics", has revitalized the nation by they now at risk as the current Labour government is trying to dismantle the reforms pieces by pieces using methods familiar for Americans who know US Democrats strategies.
Roger Douglas was a committed socialist Labour member who was mugged by reality and embarked on these reforms. Unfortunately the Labour Party now regards him as a traitor and has banished his periods of economic and social reforms from their official history. (Imagine that a very liberal Democrat, such as Nancy Pelosi, who goes into power and then sells off Amtrak, slashes the top tax rates permanently from 39% to 25%, abolishes all agricultural and industrial subsidies, corporatizes all US airports, reorganized 90% of all federal departments with outsourcing and corporatization and cut all federal employee numbers by over 50%, you will get a better picture of how radical Rogernomics is by NZ Standards)
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Read about the brouhaha in this country over remarks made by Bill Cosby.
The truth is the truth everywhere and the same remedies apply.
Roger Douglas may be the best-ever economist to have ever entered a parliament, anywhere on Earth.
Don Brash will be New Zealand's next Prime Minister.
If the New Zealand people and the New Commonwealth of the [Escaped-ANZUS] English-Speaking Peoples and its only worthy ally, Israel and the Judeo-Christian/Western Civilization we vanguard are really blessed, Rodney Hide will be his Deputy.
And the "Maori/Pakeha problem" is being solved -- even as we speak -- in the bedrooms of Island Bay's, Bendigo's, Bowral's Bondi Beach's, Brizzie's, Broadbeach's and Balina's boutique bed and breakfasts!
Blessings -- Brian
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