Cullen does a Lucy

You all know the famous Lucy scenes from Charlie Brown? You know where she holds a football out for him to kick, and promises *this time* she won’t jerk it away at the last moment, despite having done so scores of previous times. Almost painful to watch as gullible Charlie Brown falls for it every time.

Anyway Dr Cullen thinks New Zealanders are as gullible as Charlie Brown, with his football type talk of future tax cuts. He insists there will be tax cuts when “fiscal and economic pressures ease”. This from the man who broke his 2005 promise on the chewing gum tax cuts. This from the Minister who has had the second highest level of fiscal surplus in the world, yet no tax cuts, just an increased tax take.

Somehow magically in election year, Dr Cullen will once again promise tax cuts. And just like Lucy, after the election, he will once again cancel them.