If it wasn't abundantly clear that it is a galactically stupid idea, the European countries who went full austerity during the recovery proved it. Every one of them, without fail, slid back into recession. Sometimes more than once. And there was a direct correlation between the degree of austerity and how badly their economies suffered. -combjelly

While there was a glimmer of Keynesian economics in the beginning, i.e. the stimulus, we have been full retard Austrian School for the most part ever since. - comb jelly