L-plate Treasurer Josh Recessionberg continues down his self-destructive path today. Via the AFR:
In an interview with The Australian Financial Review before flying to an International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington DC, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said restoring the budget to surplus was not a vanity exercise but integral to the government’s plan to buttress the economy against a further deterioration caused by external factors.
“A strong budget position helps build the resilience of the economy for external shocks, whenever that may occur, and your ability to respond to those shocks with a fiscal response.”
