Responsible and austerity are different things.
Massive job cuts mean actual human beings losing their jobs. Either they find other jobs, they need government support, or they suffer a life of poverty, unable to pay their bills, losing their homes, etc. Since there doesn't seem to be an abundance of unfilled jobs waiting, why is this a good thing?
I would rather the public service be the size it needs to be to fulfil its job, not ideologically high or low.
And I think the government needs to be careful when it cuts jobs, because massive unemployment is not good for the country either.
It sounds like you are cheering people's suffering because you don't like where they work.
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