Is he trying to be funny?
Mr Goff says the person who should be most grateful for the legacy left by Michael Cullen is the current Finance Minister Bill English.
Oh yes, Bill gets up every morning I am sure and says to Mary “Boy am I glad Michael Cullen left me a structural $10 billion a year deficit”.
He gets in to work and tells his staff “Think how boring our job would be if Dr Cullen had not increased spending by $4.5 billion a year in his last budget”.
At Cabinet every week Bill reminds his colleagues of how good a legacy Dr Cullen left them, as he screws them departmental budgets down.
Goff should do stand up comedy if he really said that with a straight face.