Bozo Joe drinks Budget Kool Aid

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By Leith van Onselen

Joe Hockey obviously doesn’t believe in the expression: “under promise then over deliver”. Because if he had, there is no way that he would have said the following yesterday in relation to the Budget position.

“It’s in our DNA to want to deliver further tax cuts and we will in the run-up to the election”…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.