Martin Bashir made a powerful point on his show tonight; How it’s ironic that GOP candidates who sneer at President Obama for following supposed European policies, when they are the ones proposing monster cuts to entitlement programs that are just austerity measures for Americans.  Watch the news folks, the cuts in European countries  are just making their economies worse.  Spain for example, has wound up with crippling unemployment figures, the highest in 15 years!  Fact is, poor and working class folks put every cent they earn back into the economy, and scaring them into hoarding what little resources they have hurts it.  Big cuts in social programs to reduce the deficit….Sounds good to the conservative on the campaign trail, but common sense says it is not going to go over well with retirees on Medicare when push comes to shove.