Re Mike Moore aka as "Mad Mike" A warning from the "right wing laboratory" at the bottom of the South Pacific Moore despite his Trade Union and Labour party background was part of the Rogernomics revolution that brought in the radical structural adjustment programme in New Zealand. That government from 1984 - 1990 presided over one of the most radical wealth redistribution processes in the OECD. The bottom 80% of NZ society was worse off in 1991 than they were in 1981. The top 20% laughed all the way to the bank. The extremism of the NZ Experiment has made this country the laughing stock of the world. Tell me another country that shut down car assembly plants under a voluntarist trade agreement such as APEC. No other country in APEC is as silly as New Zealand. The Kiwis appear to think that in the free-trade agreement, there is a prize for being first lemming off the cliff!! If you want Moore at the WTO, good-luck. Hopefully if the WTO takes MOORE then we in NZ will have one less "right-wing" Labour parliamentarian to deal with. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ A new New Zealand flag could have a KIWI chasing a lemming off a cliff, all on a black background. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++ This text below is from the Alliance, a Left-wing NZ political party NZ's extreme trade liberalisation blocks WTO Tuesday, 4 May 1999, 2:51 pm Press Release: New Zealand Alliance Party Mike Moore's bid to lead the WTO is being hampered by New Zealand's reputation on the world stage as an advocate for unrestricted free trade, Alliance leader Jim Anderton said in parliament today. "There is an unprecedented failure to reach consensus over a new director general. You have to ask yourself, why are Supachai's supporters holding out so determinedly ? "The reason is clear: these countries are seriously concerned about the effects on their own economies of extreme trade liberalisation. Mike Moore's bid is being handicapped because New Zealand is regarded as the advocate of policies these countries reject. "The truth is, most of the rest of the world is suspicious of unrestricted liberalisation. "It's ironic that one of Mike Moore's firmest allies at the WTO is the US. They're happy to encourage Mike Moore's fast-fix liberalisation rhetoric, while at the same time building the equivalent of the Berlin Wall in trade restrictions to ban our lamb. "These countries see the likes of Minister of Trade Lockwood Smith doing a mercy trip to the US to beg them to remove trade barriers to our lamb, while New Zealand itself has almost no protections left. The rest of the world can flood our economy at the cost of jobs in New Zealand, whether we like it or not. "New Zealand is constantly negotiating with other countries from a position of weakness. The rest of the world can see that clearly. They want to keep some sort of control over their own economies, so they can manage trade in their own national interest. "New Zealand is seen as too ideological. Our reputation overseas is suffering as a result, and this debacle at the WTO just proves that we're losing influence on the world stage, " said Jim Anderton. Good Luck David Tolich Policy Analyst Methodist Mission Northern PO Box 5104 Auckland 1036 Phone +6409 302 5390 Fax +6409 309 0665 Mob +6425 275 3353 E-mail DavidT@methodistmissionnorthern
