If you go back little more than two years you will recall the kind of criticism to which the Government was open. How can you run massive current budget surpluses when public services need to be improved? How can you run massive surpluses when we need to put money into the health services? How can you run massive surpluses when we need to put huge resources into social welfare? These are all legitimate questions in a democracy. A responsible Government has to operate within certain parameters in a parliamentary democracy, run too big a deficit and rightly be accused of being irresponsible and putting the economy at risk or run too big a surplus and be accused of being uncaring and out of touch with the real needs of the people.