Steven Joyce digs himself deeper into his $11.7b hole while Grant Robertson produces $5.5billion surplus

Remember Steven Joyce lying to the country during the 2017 election that Labour had an 11.7billion hole in their budget?

Remember what the rest of the country said?

This week Grant Robertson announced a $5.5 billion surplus.

What was Stevens response to that?

Why he astoundingly doubled down on his previous lie…

Steven Joyce stands by fiscal hole despite $5.5 billion Government surplus

In response to the surplus announcement, The NZ Herald’s Rod Emmerson published a cheeky cartoon showing Mr Joyce’s fiscal hole claim being shredded like the self-destructing Banksy artwork.

In a tweet, Mr Joyce said the cartoon was “v cute but probably a tad early”.

“This surplus is largely from our last budget – give it two or three years and get back to me”.

A National Party spokesperson told Newshub Mr Joyce wouldn’t elaborate further on what he meant, but that he is “on record as standing by the claim”.

However economist Shamubeel Eaqub – who was among those to rubbish the initial allegations last year – says it’s well past time for National to give it up.

“Joyce needs to keep digging this hole,” he told Newshub.

…National need to keep the myth that they are the best economic managers alive because it’s the only thing that unites the sleepy hobbits of Muddle Nu Zilind.

If you ask 10 NZers who is the best manger of the economy, despite all the evidence that shows National only looks after the rich and wealthy, 9 out of 10 all claim National do. This is why the lie Joyce used during the election almost won it for them, National must lie and must keep the lie alive at all times if they ever hope to win back the Treasury Benches.

Put aside the fact that Joyce himself lied about not including NZDF funding into the budget that left a $20 Billion hole, Joyce won’t stop lying about Labour’s budget hole myth, even when Grant rides home a surplus of $5 and a half billion because National needs the myth that they are better managers of the economy rather than simply Farmers, Bankers and property speculators.

The question is whether or not the sleepy hobbits of muddle Nu Zilind will ever see through the lie of National being better economic managers or cling to it like a frightened child holding onto their favourite blanket.