Barack Obama said "We've got to eliminate programs that don't work, and we've got to make sure that the programs that we do have are more efficient and cost less." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 25, 2008

We've got to eliminate programs that don't work, and we've got to make sure that the programs that we do have are more efficient and cost less.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Presidential Debate in Oxford, Mississippi

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