Our President made his case for cutting wasteful spending. His comments include:
"Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions,
and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people
care about... Just as families are living within their means, government should too."
"Already, we've identified about $33 billion in savings just for this year,
and we're not finished; not by a long shot."
"Did you know the Federal Government pays for a website devoted to a folk music
ensemble made up of forest rangers? ... I'm not paying for their website."
"You're paying for thousands of buildings all across the country no one uses."
"As we work to tackle the budget deficit, we need to step up our game [and]
go after every dime. We need to ... hunt down misspent tax dollars in every agency
and department of this government."
"The American people are entitled to transparency [and] ... accountability
to make sure that we're using the dollars for what we said it was for. That's our job."
"[This effort] depends on relentless focus making this a priority...
We're not just eliminating fraud and waste. We hope to be instilling an entire
new culture... We're going to give you the government you expect and deserve.
So, I want to thank you all and we're ready to get to work."
We've been down this road of cutting government fraud, waste and abuse before.
Are the quotes above from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk? No, they are all
from President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in 2011. You can check out
their comments for yourself in this four-minute
YouTube video.
Democrats should be crowing that Trump's Department of Government Efficiency
(DOGE) is simply picking up where
Obama's "Campaign To Cut Waste" left off -- but no.
↩ When Obama cuts "billions of dollars in pro-
grams that a lot of people care about," he's a saint.
