In the last five years, we have had the biggest increase in public spending in the history of the State. There was money for many things not possible in the past. There is no doubt that a sound economy is the best passport to improved services in the future. There is no virtue in getting into hock to bankers. Good and caring government is not just a function of those who can sound most caring in a soulful sense but those who can make the right decisions. It is not just a question of redistributing wealth, although that is important and is taken as a given, but creating it. Socialist instincts, which I admit I have, can lead one astray.