austerity Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/austerity/ Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:37:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png austerity Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/austerity/ 32 32 12773863 For Republicans, Public Enemy Number One? – The Poor https://ezkool.com/2014/01/for-republicans-public-enemy-number-one-the-poor/ https://ezkool.com/2014/01/for-republicans-public-enemy-number-one-the-poor/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:36:54 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=46802 Paul Krugman writes: Suddenly it’s O.K., even mandatory, for politicians with national ambitions to talk about helping the poor. This is easy for Democrats, who can go back to being the party of F.D.R. and L.B.J. It’s much more difficult for Republicans, who are having a hard time shaking their reputation for reverse Robin-Hoodism, for […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/01/for-republicans-public-enemy-number-one-the-poor/feed/ 0 46802 Tuesday, March 12, 2013: Paul Ryan Wants Austerity and other unrelated stories… https://ezkool.com/2013/03/tuesday-march-12-2013-paul-ryan-wants-austerity-and-other-unrelated-stories/ https://ezkool.com/2013/03/tuesday-march-12-2013-paul-ryan-wants-austerity-and-other-unrelated-stories/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:55:06 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=30000 austerity (ô-str-t) n pl -ties 1. the state or quality of being austere 2. (often plural) an austere habit, practice, or act 3. (Economics) a. reduced availability of luxuries and consumer goods, esp when brought about by government policy b. (as modifier) an austerity budget You’ve heard the word used a lot. Austerity can only work […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/03/tuesday-march-12-2013-paul-ryan-wants-austerity-and-other-unrelated-stories/feed/ 0 30000 The World is Rejecting Austerity – Republicans Push More Austerity in America https://ezkool.com/2012/05/the-world-is-rejecting-austerity-republicans-push-more-austerity-in-america/ https://ezkool.com/2012/05/the-world-is-rejecting-austerity-republicans-push-more-austerity-in-america/#respond Tue, 08 May 2012 13:07:57 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=17332 A day after voters in France and Greece toppled governments in a European backlash against austerity measures, Republicans moved forward with legislation to replace $78 billion in automatic spending cuts to defense and discretionary domestic spending with a much larger $261 billion cut focused only on domestic spending.

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