Looks shocking now, particularly as Howard wasted millions during the good times when we should have been banking.
Are you sure this a balanced comment, a skerrick of research ...
The GFC strategy soaked up the surplus, yes/no
Successive governments bawked on reversing the tax cuts Howard/Costello gave based on the 'good times', yes/no?
Note both sides of the political spectrum are responsible, your mob included, yes, yes: both sides are dicks, particularly whomever you regard as less responsible, they squibbed it, fair dinkum squibbed it !!
Simplistic yes, its not that hard.