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TanDL – interesting question.
The fist thing austerity would force is choices about how limited government resources are spent. For example a choice of either immunizing 1,000 children from polio versus spending the same resource on a kidney transplant for a person that elected not to have insurance. Money for both does not exist; you choose.
For us people we will all have to accept a modestly lower standard of living. The Country has been on a credit card binge for way too long.
redblack – i am frustrated with the government with extending unemployment benefits indefinitely. the construction industry has seen the brunt of the layoffs, and infrastructure in this country is in dire need of repair and upgrades. why in the heck does the government spend billions on extending unemployment when those same dollars can be spent on infrastructure that provides meaningful employment for many?