Is America in fiscal austerity yet?

Roger Hickey was quoted in by Tom Curry of NBC.com in an article about the austerity debate:

“The concern about austerity is that we are still in a very, very weak economic recovery and this slashing of spending at the state level and to some extent at the federal level – we’re under a wage freeze on federal employees… that is hampering the recovery and hampering the robust creation of jobs,” said Roger Hickey, co-director of the progressive group Campaign for America's Future.