peter costello on the state of the economy, page-18

"CGT, if Costello know's it is tough. Why are Labor hell bent on a budget surplus?"

'cos it will blow apart the right's biggest selling point against the left

and considering the right only kept their surpluses due to asset sales and exploitation of tax revenues leading in to the credit bubble, labor's ability to achieve it whilst under global economic duress will put the very flawed argument to bed

anyway, imo, a surplus is not a necessity in the current climate