Originally Posted by
Major von Tempsky
I didn't - in practice Muldoon was the most left wing Minister of Finance NZ has ever had since WW2 including those of Labour Governments.
Direct interventions, regulations galore, red tape, new Statutes, instructions to the Reserve Bank, personal abuse, jawboning, blackmail, he was New Zealand's financial Stalin.
That was a silly question to ask a centre/right supporter, EZ, we all rejoiced when Muldoon went and wept tears of blood when Roger Douglas went.
Au contraire, I think you would have wept tears of blood when Muldoon went!