Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The days of Labor using a credit card and paying off today's bills at the expense of the future simply leaves our children in a lesser position than that which we had. The coalition and everyday Australians will not cop leaving the next generation of Australians with a lesser quality of life.

Do you know what the irony of it is? The Labor Party believed this before the last election. The Labor Party went out there and said they were going to deliver a surplus. They know in their hearts that you have to fix the budget. They know in their hearts that you have to run surpluses. The problem is that the Labor Party is full of hypocrites. When it comes to honesty, don't look at the Labor Party.

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