Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@DKThomp if you're borrowing every year, and then you borrow a bit less, is *that* austerity? Is it falling below a certain level of borrowing? How do you think we should define it? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 2, 2023

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@DKThomp As I understand the argument of the piece it's not that the media fabricated a desire to spend less, but that what transpired was never accurately described as austerity... which raises the question of how we define it. That is, — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 2, 2023

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@UnderSneege Setting any particular example aside this seems flawed to me. Austerity carries connotations of severity and sternness... and merely spending less than a bygone year doesn't necessarily meet that threshold, while spending more than last year could still be austere. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 2, 2023