Cooking up a black hole leaves a black mark for the coalition and labor
But the tally of costings released at the end of the campaign almost always does add up and always puts the budget slightly ahead. There's never a black hole.
Which makes Tuesday's attempt by the Coalition's to find a hole in Labor's program a triumph of hope over experience. Where was Joe Hockey when they needed him? Neither the Coalition's Finance spokesman Mathias Cormann nor its Treasury spokesmen Scott Morrison were in their jobs back in 2013 when Labor self-immolated over its claim of a $70 billion black hole. So they cooked up their own, worth $67 billion.
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Politicians wonder why they are not as well respected as other people yet treat us a muppets. The 2014 budget fiasco and so called black holes by both parties.