"potential candidates include David Koch, Peter Ftizsimon, Eddie McGuire....any other nominations? ". ...... don't leave out dick Smith. he has said many times he wants to be the first President of Aus.
Paul Keating said we were heading toward becoming a banana republic and he was proven right by Howard's shutdown of the manufacturing base. I don't know yet if Howard was right or wrong to do what he did to expand foreign investment in Aus but it has resulted in Aus becoming a middle power and economy. but we now have the lowest manufacturing base in 20th C. Aus history, a factor which seriously restricts our potential for economic growth and has created many problems as resources extraction/export now dominates our economy.
but welcome to HC and politics threads Newuser001. have you been reading long? welcome to the fractious centre of market trading.
