Hi Rod,



   17-Apr-96 12:25:24, Rod Speed wrote to Sandy Fitzgerald

   Subject: Politics



RS>> And clearly since both major partys were in favor of selling

RS>> Qantas and the ComBank, and got the vast bulk of the votes, the

RS>> opinion of a tiny party like the Democrats that didnt even get double

RS>> digit percentage of the votes is completely and utterly irrelevant.



   Well what the hell are they going on about when they say they hold

   the balance of power?



 RS> Thats not really the farm, and there is no reason why a

 RS> government cant choose to restrict foreign ownership etc too.



   Restrict foreign onwership? Look whats happening to Qantas the f/

   ownership level is currently over the limit now yet the media

   aren't blasting us with that like they usually do.



 RS> I've never been convinced on this 'asset' line. With say

 RS> the ComBank, I really cant see the slightest point in

 RS> having just one owned by the guvmint, completely mad IMO.



   Competition sounds like a dirty word.



 RS> We do that with grocery shops, we dont have a government owned chain

 RS> of those to ensure that the places where its uneconomic have one.



   Don't say it to loud Cheryl Kernot might be listening.



 RS> I dont, I LIVE in the country and have chosen to do my banking

 RS> ignoring the banks, have done for well ever TWENTY years now.



   I'm impressed.



 RS> And the guvmint airline never bothered about servicing me either.



   You probably weren't waving the flag high enough Rod. :-)



    Have a good one - Sandy

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