So, all up, the Minister of Finance ended up allocating $9.5 billion a year, utterly blowing the $6 billion out of the water. In a time of record high inflation, the Labour Government decided to put the money hose on full blast. It's alarming. The Budget documents suggest that the Government's own officials are alarmed too, because, unlike the members opposite, they know there isn't a magic money tree at the bottom of the garden to pay for all of this. 