Economic issues The goals of every economic policy must be to ensure the economic independence of the nation, total employment, and a good standard of living for its people. The Women’s Alliance puts forth the fundamental policy of the practical and economic housewife, a policy which aims towards enabling Icelanders to maintain self suffiency as far as pos- sible and spend in accordance with their means. The fishing industry is the basis of Icelands economy. It is imperative to build up other reliable industries which along with the fishing, ensure the well being of the nation. It is therefore neces- sary to create favourable conditions and to nurture new ideas and research. Unfortunately the government has chosen pet projects which they have boosted either by pouring in immeasurable amounts of money direct from national funds, or by offering such favourable incentives that all too many have diverted their energy in the same direction. The Icelandic economic system is open and very much dependent on outside forces, such as the fishing catch, the world market prices, the currency rates, the interest rates, and the conditions of foreign loans. The present prosperity is mostly the result of the positive developments within these outside forces. How- ever, govemment measures in economic policy, monetary policy and investments naturally influence the welfare of the national economy and determine whom the good year will benefit and who should shoulder the burden of a lean year. The last government has failed the common wage earner terribly in these matters. It has placed the economic base of many homes in danger to achieve quick results in its battle against inflation. The low income policy of the last years, rising interest rates, the uneven balance of wage increases and loan terms, have caused untold problems to many people. Such behaviour shows more loyalty to figures and spe- cial interests than to people. Constant and increasing debts along with budget and trade deficits are leading the nation into financial min. A long line of wrong decisions and investments have diminished possibilities of improving our economy which will cost the people a harder and less prosperous life while they put these mistakes right. 36

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