Republicans are putting everything in place now to ensure as big an economic collapse on the Democratic Party that they can — including as much sabotage as they can do for recovery funding, and setting up the stock market to fall after an unnatural period of being propped up.
Fine. We’ll have some stock market collapse.
But then they’re going to propose we go with the worst possible response to that: Endless imposed austerity for the entire duration of Democratic Party control.
Do NOT listen to that bullshit.
I repeat: Do NOT listen to that austerity bullshit.
It exists only to associate Democratic Party control with economic ruin, and feeling helpless — while Republicans gleefully build up those same debts and refuse to fund essential services.
Instead, flip those damned tables on then — be willing to call their bluff, and build up that debt. Rebuild government effectively AND create as much of a golden age you can with the political time we do have.
Do NOT let austerity become a ‘moderate’ position you have to ‘balance’ towards — if you do, you will lose all that power you get in this election, for no good reason at all, and lose the confidence of everyone that put trust in you to use government for their shared needs.
Proping up irresponsible companies, no matter how big, is not the proper first use of government — the Republicans know this — that’s why they build up the debts as much as they can.
So, if Austerity is so crucially important to Republicans — let THEM play as the austerity party when they have power.
DO NOT play into their Austerity bullshit they are GOING to be pushing.