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There was no austerity. Government spending actually went up during that period.
by gadders 3y ago
There was no austerity. Government spending actually went up during that period.
- X0Refraction 3y agoTotal spend or age adjusted per capita? Those are very different things when you have a growing and ageing population
- gadders 3y agoTotal spend went up.
- berdario 3y agoYou're wrong. "Spending per cent of national income" it went down every year, from around 2009 until the pandemic. https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/brief-guides-and-explainers/public-finances/ https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/brief-guides-and-explainer...
- afavour 3y agoSometimes I wonder about people who make such transparently incorrect statements like “there was no austerity”. When confronted with the data like you provided do they actually absorb that information? Usually it seems the answer is no but I don’t understand how you internalise it in a way that doesn’t conflict with your priors.
- gadders 3y agoGovernment spending actually went up during that period. See chart 1: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-statistics-release-may-2022/public-spending-statistics-may-2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-sta... You can try and redefine austerity into whatever best fits your politics if you like.
- gadders 3y agoWell done on redefining austerity.