Finance Minister Bill English has delivered a Budget that's the equivalent of socks for Christmas.
It would have been nice to get something thoughtful, like money.
The real message of the Budget was that in future, wages will have to fall and services will be cut because the Budget had nothing to grow our incomes relative to other developed countries.
National may have delivered a micro surplus, but New Zealand's net international debt is growing, so when you look at the country as a whole, real wealth is falling.
There was nothing to help people save more so that businesses have more capital to grow and people grow wealthier. Nothing to reduce the cost of superannuation or health care.