[kiwiexpat]

Shaggy:

I lived in NZ until 1989, so I'm aware of what the Labor Government's policies where in the 1980s. Was the Labor Government "hijacked"? Maybe, maybe not. But the fourth Labor government's economic policy certainly wasn't socialist. New Zealand's free market policies are held in high regard by monetarist economists. And NZ's economy is the fastest growing in the world at present. I suspect that its welfare policies are not held in high regard, and with good reason. I think that NZ needs to place time limits on the dole and reduce the number of welfare benefits.

[shaggy eel]

I think that NZ needs to place time limits on the dole and reduce the number of welfare benefits.

,,, sound advice.

BTW, when I said hijacked, I didn't mean that was a bad thing.