They think we need austerity so the rich bankers and players can keep running off with our money while they plan their new scams to even take more from us. Some buy into their scams and then when it fails, those people don't get their money back and everyone else also has to pay for the failure with their taxes. Now, after the same people sent all jobs to China, they want to cut welfare and benefits while cutting taxes for those same rich people as they funnel even more money into the war machine.