Newly released economic data reveals the U.S. economy is stagnating again. Everything is up, but not in a good way, as unemployment, gas prices and national debt continues to climb. The efforts of the Obama Administration to tame the ongoing financial crisis via increased spending and more debt once again, has failed to produce fruitful results. Austerity is the way out of the crisis, but it is an option that is not and has not been on the table.