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"Austerity" is a policy of reducing budgets deficits through increased taxes and lower spending. Economists widely agree that such policies will worsen the economy and increase unemployment when the economy is recovering from a recession, as it is today. Austerity measures have already contributed to skyrocketing unemployment in Europe. The U.S. has also been pursuing austerity measures over the past several years.

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