Well, then call it 'inequitable distribution of cuts', or soemthing else. The idea behind reducing and reversing the growth in public spending is to allow priv

Well, then call it 'inequitable distribution of cuts', or soemthing else. The idea behind reducing and reversing the growth in public spending is to allow private investment to grow more than the government. This UK policy doesn't seem to fit that description at all. It seems to me there is a concerted effort to make austerity an unspeakable word, for reasons that have very little to do with macroeconomics.