Gridlock equals austerity.
In 1206 the papal legates and preachers, depressed at the failure of their mission, consulted the bishop and Dominic, who reasoned that the heretics would be regained only by an austerity equal to their own; the preachers must tramp the roads barefoot and in poverty.
Voters' Pavlovian reaction may simply be that fiscal austerity equals pain, which could complicate Republican messaging in the long-run.
We will work for an end to austerity, for equal pay, more and better jobs and to end the barriers that still block the aspirations of too many women in Scotland and across the UK".
The Tories are insisting that their austerity measures will make equal demands on all levels of society.
Because, if 'brains' equals fiscal rectitude, insisting on more austerity, more cuts, may not be an easy sell on the doorstep when we go though this again in another five years.
The TUC's relations with Labour are not always easy, but we have a shared interest in creating a fairer, more equal Britain that recognises the tough times austerity has created for millions of ordinary families.
In contrast, the Greek Parliament will be voting Wednesday on yet another round of austerity measures, this one worth $17 billion — equal to 7 percent of gross domestic product — to meet the demands of international lenders standing between Greece and sovereign default.
Theoretically at least, this could be a political bombshell because the shift in approach equals a move away from the creed of austerity that Germany has preached to the rest of Europe.
She placed the burden on Greece to devise an austerity program to reduce a budget deficit equal to 12.7 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
