First, wondering where you got those - the OECD was at about 500b

Second , if you think thats harsh austerity even if that figure - especially if that figure is correct - you have a very strange perception.

UK only has ~66mil ppl for crying out loud. At that rate of spending per capita you can run a huge fucking govt apparatus, and indeed the UK has one.

If you want to argue that they are spending money on the *wrong* things, then OK. If you are trying to say they arent spending enough money, you dont have a single leg to stand on.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)