The market-oriented policies endorsed by the Tea Party movement, Ron Paul and other hardcore Conservatives have all been tried before -- a long, long time ago in a country far, far away. Did they work? Yes and no.
Most of the archive footage is taken from the excellent 2002 documentary In A Land Of Plenty which can be viewed here:
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/in-a-land-of-plenty-2002
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/~gfane/Deregulation%20in%20Aus%20NZ.PDF
http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/viewFile/6868/3849
http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/ejrot/Vol2_1/clancy.pdf
http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=333
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2002/jan/21/comment.debt
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/4676276/Hunger-pains
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/apfail.htm
http://www.conferenz.co.nz/whitepapers/new-zealand-social-laboratory
http://www.stats.govt.nz/
By: gregsto
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Tags: tea party, conservatives, failure, learn from history
Location: New Zealand (load item map)
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Freedom, including economy freedom, created the American economy. Leftism, created Greece.
Posted Aug-5-2011 ByST0N3PONY (5219.62) 
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Just love the smug elitest narating this propganda video!
Posted Aug-5-2011 Byaranger45 (3044.68) 
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Holy shit!!! What a bunch of stupid shit this retard talks. Truth be told that economics are completely separate of politics.
Posted Aug-5-2011 Byconservative hispanic (1009.00) 
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@conservative hispanic Talk about stupid shit....
Posted Aug-6-2011 Bygregsto (2476.38) 
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@gregsto Ever spoken to a true economist? Go to any University and speak with an authentic economist, or a PHD in economics and markets, he'll tell you the same shit. Now, really talk about stupid.
Posted Aug-8-2011 Byconservative hispanic (1009.00) 
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@conservative hispanic In fact, my father is an economist with a Phd in economics) and the former chairman of the economics department at an ohio university, now retired...and we speak all the time, but thanks.
Posted Aug-8-2011 Bygregsto (2476.38) 
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Interesting...I've seen the "Ism" video shown in the caption. Should have just played the video in it's entirety...but that would completely expose this propaganda.
Posted Aug-5-2011 Bysafetychuck2 (4152.72) 
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