• sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 year ago

    I find it hard to wrap my head around the idea that spending more debt than every government before them every single time for decades is austerity. They spent more than all the money constantly. Some austerity would have actually helped but they didn’t do that.

    • Techmaster@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      They have been needing to raise taxes on the wealthy for decades, but they’ve been reducing them instead.