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socialist_n_TN

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19. Yep that's about the size of it........

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:56 PM

Mar 2013

There's enough wealth out there to take care of everybody WITHOUT any stinkin' austerity. But we're going to have to take it from the greedy hands of the ones who have it.

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Euro-Area Unemployment Climbs to Record (fruits of austerity policy, soon to be joined by US) [View all] HiPointDem Mar 2013 OP

An Economic Tragedy That Everyone Saw Coming Is Now Unfolding In Europe... HiPointDem Mar 2013 #1

Yes, it's called sacrifice. You give up a generation or two for the future. RB TexLa Mar 2013 #2

you're down with austerity, then? because it will make the future better? for who? HiPointDem Mar 2013 #3

For many it's hard to understand doing something for someone not named "Me" RB TexLa Mar 2013 #4

So that's a YES to austerity? JaneyVee Mar 2013 #5

baloney. Current policy is immiserating ordinary families and enriching elites, and elites are the HiPointDem Mar 2013 #8

You raise taxes to go with the cuts. Raised significantly across the board. RB TexLa Mar 2013 #9

Cutting government spending while raising taxes = AUSTERITY. worse austerity than merely HiPointDem Mar 2013 #11

It's called sacrifice, something that was considered a value before we began calling ourselves RB TexLa Mar 2013 #13

Sacrifice -- for WHAT? To make the rich and powerful even richer and more powerful. SUICIDE, HiPointDem Mar 2013 #16

Everything would be across the board, higher taxes on everyone, and all spending cut RB TexLa Mar 2013 #17

= austerity = immiseration of the majority to the benefit of the rich HiPointDem Mar 2013 #18

Yep that's about the size of it........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #19

I'm trying to think of a country that has actually recovered because of austerity Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #6

You cut and tax across the board RB TexLa Mar 2013 #7

Germany dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #15

We bailed out the banks and they didn't miss a beat. CJCRANE Mar 2013 #10

The thing is, austerity simply doesn't work, MadHound Mar 2013 #20

Yes, you would think we would take it as "lesson learned" bhikkhu Mar 2013 #12

It is NOT going to "get better." 99Forever Mar 2013 #14

What a sad, bizarre outcome for everyone. ananda Mar 2013 #21