Madam Chair, I have sat here and tried to understand the concerns of members of the third party. I have listened to a multitude of their finance critics. They just keep getting up. I am not exactly sure exactly what their problem is.
They talked about the deficit. They talked about the debt. They talked about public confidence. They talked about business confidence. They are now converts to the principle of universality.
I have heard the finance critic opposite say a number of conflicting things. On the one hand he was criticizing us for not just meeting our debt and deficit projections and targets but for exceeding them. On the other hand he was telling us we should be investing more dollars into job creation. He cannot have it both ways.
They cannot on the one hand criticize us for exceeding our targets on deficit reduction and spending controls and on the other hand get up and criticize the secretary of state-