Budget 2016: Great Expectations
Instead of hosing down expectations, Mr Key threw a keg of kero on to them when he suddenly started talking of early debt repayment, more spending, and tax relief.
Finance Minister Bill English today unveils his eighth budget, and expectations are unusually high.
Prime Minister John Key, in a reversal of the usual practice of hosing down expectations, hurled a keg of kero on to them last week when he suggested debt repayment would be brought forward a year;
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Budget 2016: Great Expectations
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