Get over it - Howard had a constant message - that interests rates will always be lower under the libs than under labor. In many interviews he always declared that they would rise and fall.
He never said they would be kept at record lows - who would ever say that? He was constantly being asked by interviewers trying to get him to commit to no rises and he always refused to take the bait - repeating that his main point was that on average they'd be lower under his party than than labor.
Now during the campaign there was a TV ad from the libs that ended with a caption "Keeping interest rates at record lows". this is what you and labor are fixated on. It was a caption - never spoken by Howard. It's like a caption saying "keeping down the road toll" or "keeping our streets free on crime" or "eliminating poverty" or "your taxes at work" - you get it? It was a sign in an and not meant to be taken literaly. I bet they regret it - it was uneccessary and obviously couldn't be met -
Also - where do you get this 22% under Fraser? was that a mortgage rate? Was that a 100 day bill or something? Fortunately I was overseas during all of that guys wasted years and I don't remember it - let me know will you?
