From: ronkean@juno.com
Date: Thu Sep 02 1999 - 02:05:46 MDT
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999 21:35:02 -0700 Spike Jones <spike66@ibm.net> writes:
> Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
>
> > To my knowledge there has NEVER been a
> > libertarian government since before our Civil War...
>
> Mike, I was told that New Zealand was tending toward
> a libertarian and sensible government. One of my oldest
> and best friends is seriously considering moving there.
> What is the deal there, do you know? spike
>
>
During the 70s and 80s, NZ went far to the 'left' in the sense of high
taxes, generous social programs, and onerous regulation. The economy and
the currency nearly collapsed. In the 90s they have been bouncing back
from that, and 'classical liberalism' is now popular in NZ. The trend in
the 90s has been towards libertarianism, but I don't know how far it will
go.
Ron Kean
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