Issue No 77 | 10 November 2000 | |
Letters to the EditorNader no Fels
Dear Sir, Regarding a couple of points made in your US election coverage: Ralph Nader is exactly the opposite of Prof. Allen Fells. Fells seeks increased consumer benefits through increased competition and removal of trade barriers. Nader seeks increased consumer benefits by regulation, and wants to impose trade barriers. Al Gore an internationalist and George W. Bush an isolationist? Watch the third debate; Gore, a self-described "fair trader", declares himself in favour of "increased protection" and "security" for US farmers. These are, you'll recognise, code words for tariffs. Bush, responding, announced that the way to prosperity for US farmers is "to feed the world", requiring the removal of "international trade barriers" such as tariffs. What's up? Where are you guys getting your information these days? Tim Blair
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US Election: Democracy Version 1.0: Time for an Upgrade America This week the world's greatest democracy is looking pretty rickety. Michael Gadiel reports from the front line. Interview: Crikey! A Corporate Commando He may be a lapsed Lib, but Stephen Mayne is making life hell in the boardrooms of corporate Australia. And he might have some clues for unions too. Unions: Class of 2000 Hit Redfern They're just out of acting school and straight into the union. Tomorrow's stars and today's union members. International: US Cleaners Fast for Justice Talks between striking janitors and the cleaning contractors who employ them resumed on Tuesday at the Sheraton Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut. History: Racing Radio The Cup is over, but the races go on, and so does Labor council's radio station, 2KY, as it celebrates its 75th Anniversary. Legal: A Pandora's In-Box Screening of employee's emails could be in breach of telecommunications laws, according to Minter Ellison lawyer Megan Dixon. Satire: Our Snobs Are Tops Tony Moore on why the lucky country has always been a tosser�s paradise. Review: Brassed Off With a Tutu Billy Elliott, currently a hit at the box office, gives a new twist to the working class rags to riches story.
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