Barack Obama actually said...

I don't think that there's any question that we have a mandate to move the country in a new direction and not continue the same old practice...

There are just going to be some programs that simply don't work and we've got to eliminate.

That work starts today because the truth is we do not have a minute to waste. Right now, our economy is trapped in a vicious cycle.

I don't want to get into numbers right now. Part of the task of this economic team behind me is to help to shape, the detail of that plan.