tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post767749088189161564..comments2024-02-06T18:46:04.220+10:00Comments on Real World Libertarian: Former Treasurer, Peter Costello slams carbon tax.Jim Fryarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-68049240465327035832011-07-18T20:07:39.600+10:002011-07-18T20:07:39.600+10:00Of course this is the same Peter Costello who sold...Of course this is the same Peter Costello who sold our gold reservers for $330.00 an ounce in 1997 saying gold will never be a currency again, ignoring thousands of years of human history.<br /><br />This brought in just $2.4 billion, forcing the world price for gold down, and causing the closure of many Australian gold mines.At todays price this same gold is worth over $8.5 billion, because of its value as a currency in these troubled times.<br /><br />Yes, we must listen to this idiot who did not have the courage to stand for PM but rather cried to the Australian public how unfair John Howard was for not handing him the job. ROTFLMFAO.Amelienoreply@blogger.com