"We had five years of ridiculous spending and the economy grew at 1-2% Along came the sequester which cut spending by 10% and the econ started to grow and unemployment went down. Austerity works."
Republicans for six years averaged about 7% increases in year to year spending under Bush and the R Congress. That is why spending grew to such a high level. The first year of the Dems taking control, the yearly increase was only 2.7%.
The economy was already growing when the R's started their drastic spending cuts. Explain how cutting spending increases jobs. Even if cuts in unemployment insurance "push" people back to work, the spending cuts themselves cut employment. And higher paying jobs at that. Creating low paying jobs, even in the private sector, does not lower deficits much if at all.
Republicans for six years averaged about 7% increases in year to year spending under Bush and the R Congress. That is why spending grew to such a high level. The first year of the Dems taking control, the yearly increase was only 2.7%.
The economy was already growing when the R's started their drastic spending cuts. Explain how cutting spending increases jobs. Even if cuts in unemployment insurance "push" people back to work, the spending cuts themselves cut employment. And higher paying jobs at that. Creating low paying jobs, even in the private sector, does not lower deficits much if at all.
