Sorry Rechtub but the more I look in to this glass the foggier it gets.
I see Labor getting as close as humanly possible to its planed surplus.
A Conservative government breaking its promises and many hearts.
Tend to get a bit cheeky after looking in the glass but see Gillard and Abbott replaced before an election?

Actually, a surplus is an indication that we have been overtaxed.

It means the government has taken more money from us than it needed to.

Surpluses should ideally be invested in additional infrastructure the following financial year in order to improve productivity - not as a pork barrel used by a government to buy votes.

I disagree rache PAYE tax is only party of a governments income.
Even this old lefty knows the wise keep a bit in front of the debt collector, and a bit in the jam jar just in case.
Spend spend spend is and always will be an illness not a fun day out.
The thread however presumes to see in to a future we can at best guess about.