Next Political Quiz on the Economy

[slartibartfast]

The Liberal Party is now attempting to blame the Gillard Government for the decline in manufacturing jobs following the strong rise of the Aussie dollar and Australia’s access to low-cost imports.

The history of manufacturing jobs since the economy was restructured in the 1980s shows ebbs and flows. Mostly ebbs.

It reveals one disastrous period when the Aussie dollar was about half its present value [cw the US dollar and the euro] and Australia lost a staggering 59,000 manufacturing jobs in less than four years.

The hapless Treasurer at that time was:

(a) Paul Keating
(b) Peter Costello
(c) Wayne Swan
(d) Didn’t happen. No-one could be that incompetent.

I do expect Stockton to get this one correct.

[slartibartfast]

Should I make the next quiz a bit easier?

[Deleted]

I made mention of what party has a clear manufacturing policy on another thread and what government was instrumental in de-manufacturing when in office...should be an easy question...

[geopol]

Slarti there is only one bastard's name in the list and we all know whose that is and to what party he belongs ...remember the one that flogged off our gold reserves.

[slartibartfast]

So your answer is?

[Deleted]

We know the answer...the point is for the RW to have a shot...which they won't the gutless ratbags, turning a blind eye to their beloved heroes wrong economics....for them it is childishly and simply cut and dried ...Labor bad...Coalition good...baaaaa...