Coming from a Labour supporter, that comment is a lot like an arsonist who has just set fire to his home complaining about the size of the fire brigade's hose when they show out to put out the blaze.
Goverments across Europe are having to make deep and painful cuts to reduce their deficits and prevent the weight of sovereign debts dragging their economies under. That the scale of Britain's problem outstrips that even of Greece is without doubt the legacy of the Brown years.
The idea that there is any alternatve to this and that our problems are merely figures on a piece of paper is naive in the extreme. We have two choices, make the required cuts and get the situation under control, or don't and continue on the previous government's route into a death spiral.
I watched Andy Burnham talking about this as part of his ongoing leadership pitch and like the others he is pedalling the line that cuts do need to happen, yet refusing point blank to identify where those cuts should come. I don't blame him, if he didn't say that he would be endorsing the path the coalition have taken, but the G20 have recently validated this government's approach by recommending the same measures.
It's going to be rough but there is no one to blame but the previous government. Trying to blame those who have inherited this mess is simply a rejection of reality. How will these cuts benefit me? What will I get out of this? It's just another form of suppression and putting the pressure on the people at the bottom as usual. Overall, It IS a figure on a piece of paper, money is a man made invention if we get to the root of it.
They say the future will be better! When will this future arrive? It won't, it's simply "spin". And, as I've said before, monetarism is not a sure way of helping the Economy.
So whats you alternative?