tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post1125217215668418258..comments2024-01-16T03:21:37.695-08:00Comments on Gancho: Two Percent Comments from the PRDpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-47799263248739765202009-10-05T19:46:33.257-07:002009-10-05T19:46:33.257-07:00I was thinking of austerity more in terms of budge...I was thinking of austerity more in terms of budget hawkery, which is something I associate more with economic orthodoxy on the fiscal right. Austerity in the "neoliberal IMF program" sense of the word.<br /><br />As far as the ideal of personal austerity among government officials i.e. AMLO, I think that;s something different from what I was referring to, but I think you get examples of that from both sides of the political spectrum.pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-58915282398531363582009-10-05T19:16:34.247-07:002009-10-05T19:16:34.247-07:00HUH??????
Austerity in public office has been see...HUH??????<br /><br />Austerity in public office has been seen as a virtue by the "left" since the French Revolution. Why do you think the right always makes a big deal of it when some Commie leader is photographed taking a vacation, or surrounded by the trappings of wealth? <br /><br />A call for more government austerity -- cutting salaries and benefits for high level officials -- was one of the more popular of the Lopez Obrador 50-points.Mexfileshttp://mexfiles.netnoreply@blogger.com