On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 14:20:22 +0000, Moosh:] wrote:

On 27 Jul 2003 12:32:49 GMT, Brian Sandle
wrote:

All sorts of cheap products have been sold in New Zealand - putting our
locals out of work.

Adapt or die.

Car plants have closed down, and now workers do not
have the money to buy houses which are getting bought by overseas people.

Cars is a big red herring. The only reason local product was cheaper was
massive taxation on imported completely built up vehicles.

It _may_ have been economic to export cars to Australia, but as soon as
this got proven the australians would have set up their own plants.

We have some cheap imported goods, but food is dearer in the main, and
now both Mum and Dad have to work to support the family, so there is less
time for fun.

This is happening everywhere, not just in NZ.


Remember the lesson of the buggy whip makers.