Controls rather than choice
Sir, — “The Press” February 23 reports the imminent arrival in New Zealand of six-cylinder, 1047 cu cm motor-bikes. No-one needs motor-bikes of over 250 cu cm. Neither does anyone need cars with eight»cylinder engines, nor sports cars, nor cars costing over S9OOO. The purchase of such vehicles
and the, excessive amounts of fuel they consume is a gross misuse of our overseas funds. To eliminate our chronic balance of payments deficit, • the freedom of people to choose what they buy must be curtailed so that everyone gets a fair share of our overseas earnings, and so that, as a nation, we live within our means. Let us place need before greed. If common sense will not prevail in spite of the recession, let us have tough import controls. — Yours, etc., J. C. HORNE. Anakiwa, March 1, 1978.
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Press, 6 March 1978, Page 16
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