OBAMA’S BLUFF CALLED – MORE WASTE NEEDS CUTTING

GOVERNMENT CAN CUT WASTE WITHOUT CUTTING SERVICES

EDITORIAL:  Why cut $85 billion when we could cut $580 billion?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/7/unsheathe-the-knives/

Washington Times – Editorial – 3/8/2013

Mr. Obama had exactly the right idea in 2008 when he said it was important for the president to go about “eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do need operate in a sensible, cost-effective' class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" v:shapes="itxthook1icon">  way.” Citizens Against Government Waste released a report called “Prime Cuts” to help Mr. Obama live up to his word.

The waste-watcher group came up with 557 ways he could save $580 billion in the first year and $1.8 trillion over five years without undermining any fundamental government service. A number of the items on the list are familiar because they’ve been listed year after year. “The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth,” Ronald Reagan observed, “is a government program.” Now that we’re bogged down in dire straits, the situation should encourage Congress to send these boondoggles to their eternal rest.

America’s national debt totals $16.7 trillion, $6 trillion more than it was when Mr. Obama was sworn into office.

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