A contradiction for cuts

The news is in, the cuts made and our local Council Master Leader has mentioned the "tough choices" that need to be taken.

I won't go into details about the cuts, but the austerity levels this is bringing in. Okay by itself tough, but understandable. Except at the same time recovery is based on an increase in the number of jobs and people still spending money. So we're cutting back on everything while at the same wanting people to spend more?

Has anyone other than multi-millionaires actually examined this plan?