The British general election. (HUNG PARLIAMENT)

[Zekkyou]

Wyrdness said:

Zekkyou said:

I didn't say whether it's working or not, just that you can't linearly draw a line between it and the rate our debt has increased. The same goes for those that try to linearly tie our drop in borrowing to proof it works. Both are oversimplifications.

You're missing the point the is no linear line being drawn as the were always other factors that showed it wasn't going to work if us working in finance could see this I'm pretty sure the so called qualified in government could as well.

Your original comment used increasing debt as a direct example of austerity not working (specifically "With austerity our debt has gone up far more then when the wasn't austerity"). Given there were no qualifiers I felt 'linear' was an appropriate choice of wording. I understanding there are other factors (i mentioned one), but linear doesn't mean only. You implied that increasing debt is an example of proof that austerity doesn't work, and i was pointing out that we can't really draw a firm line between them. Do you disagree?