[mapleoin]

> can mostly likely be managed with the same level of spending restraints we saw in response to that.

so... austerity? Like the article suggests?

[akamaka]

Was the 1990s austerity “severe”? I remember a lot of complaining at the time, but it doesn’t seem too bad in hindsight.

[ls612]

Given the security situation today repeating the peace dividend is not an option, so it would be much tougher than the early 1990s was.