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Political Roundup: Why isn't the Govt using its super surplus for doing good?

Bryce Edwards
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Political Roundup: Why isn't the Govt using its super surplus for doing good?
Is Finance Minister Grant Robertson putting pride ahead of what is good for the country? Photo / Mark Mitchell
Bryce Edwards
Opinion by Bryce Edwards
Bryce Edwards is a lecturer in Politics at Victoria University
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It's surprising that no cartoonist has yet portrayed Finance Minister Grant Robertson as Gollum, fiendishly protecting his "precious" surplus. His obsession over keeping government spending at low levels while the tax take soars is starting to look more than a little odd – and not just in the eyes

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