Obama Names Two Officials and Vows to Cut Waste (LOL Alert)

New York Times ^ | April 18, 2009 | Sheryl Gay Stolberg

[Zakeet]

Any of you Freepers dumb enough to believe a single work of this crock of propaganda from the NY Times?

[Dallas59]

“We need to restore the American people’s confidence in their government — that it is on their side, spending their money wisely, to meet their families’ needs.”

No thanks. I don't need your help.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Sure I believe it. I believe it because Gore’s “Reinventing Government” program worked so well the first time they did this.

[Tarpon]

This is direct from the Hugo Chavez play book. Say all sorts of stuff, when it doesn't come true blame others. I note that there was reunion of sorts yesterday, when the two Marxist comrades met up and had a great yuck fest.

[Paladin2]

“If we’re going to rebuild our economy on a solid foundation,..."

Would that foundation be FauxRock 0bama himself?

[DonGrafico]

“the elimination of dozens of government programs shown to be wasteful or ineffective,”

Something tells me that most of the wasteful and ineffective programs identified will involve the Army, Navy, Air-Force and Marines.

[Dr. Sivana]

He might be able to reduce waste faster if he hired a thousand friends to examine the problem instead of just two.

[whatshotandwhatsnot]

ROTFLMBO! Oh, the irony will be lost on Lefties. Big 0 adds staff to eliminate waste - ok, sure.

[Jess Kitting]

Now you've done it.

You've managed to insult both Lamas and Ding Dongs in one fell swoop.

[Redbob]

Eliminating jobs in government???

What, did they discover an area run by conservatives?

[Revelation 911]

cutting waste means flying some guy 800 miles to make a pizza on our dime

[DrC]

“the elimination of dozens of government programs shown to be wasteful or ineffective,”

Wow! He’s going to eliminate Medicare and Medicaid? That would be a FANTASTIC start!

[kabar]

The elimination of dozens of wasteful USG programs won’t solve very much. About half of the FY 2009 $3.2 trillion budget is spent on entitlement programs, another 700 billion on DOD, and $400 billion to service the debt. This doesn’t leave very much left to cut of any consequence. Of course the Dems want to cut defense and propose a 10% cut for FY-2010. More smoke and mirrors for a gulible, uninformed public.

[Man50D]

His definition of waste are all those classified as right wing extremists in the DHS report.

[capydick]

The salaries of the two two new high-level officials and their staff will more than suck up any savings from the elimination of dozens of government programs shown to be wasteful or ineffective.

As a matter of fact - if you use Washington economic theory - Zero can claim an immediate savings if he just doesnt hire these two new high level executives.

[Mr. K]

“If we’re going to rebuild our economy on a solid foundation, we need to change the way we do business in Washington,” Mr. Obama said. “We need to restore the American people’s confidence in their government — that it is on their side, spending their money wisely, to meet their families’ needs. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ”

Geez... how many times does he think he is going to get away with saying this?

[buggy02]

“We need to restore the American peoples confidence in their government that it is on their side, spending their money wisely, to meet their families needs”.

Now is this one of those things we can opt-out if we want?

[Past Your Eyes]

I thought he might have the Marine Corps and Coast Guard in mind.
:(

[luvbach1]

Please wake me when it’s over.

[Starboard]

President Obama said Saturday that he will soon announce “the elimination of dozens of government programs shown to be wasteful or ineffective,”

First target: U.S. Census Bureau

The national count will be outsourced to Acorn for slightly less money.