If Costello is so great, why has he been hanging around parliament like a bad smell? He is now a truly pathetic figure. Book flopped. Destabilised Nelson. Tried to upstage Rudd and Turnbull in Parliament today in making a tribute to a recently deceased colleague. Failed. He rode the biggest ever boom. Saved plenty of cash (surplus) and established some funds but didn't seem to have a clue how to use them. GST introduction was smooth but what other reforms in 12 years? Just a few pre-election tax cuts to offset bracket creep. Big deal. Hoodwinked telstra shareholders into paying way over the odds for the company they had collectively owned. History will judge him harshly.
He established a budget surplus as some sort of Holy Grail in the public psyche. What a crock! What is so great about constantly hoarding taxpayers money?
