Political Quotes

“I appreciate the question. My friend is absolutely correct. The cuts threatened by the administration simply defy common sense and logic. Despite claims to the contrary, the President actually does have a choice. He can take a thoughtful, reasoned approach to implementing the sequester by cutting wasteful spending that we all know exists or he can continue to threaten and scare the American people with needless cuts to vital programs and services. I put together a list of a few places where I would encourage the President to look for reasonable cuts because there are so many programs that are inefficient, ineffective or overlap with other programs. There are over 80 economic development programs that operate out of 4 different Cabinet agencies: the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Small Business. There are 173 programs promoting science, technology, engineering, and math education across 13 agencies. These are important, but do we need 173 programs when one department of the government doesn't know what the other one is doing? There are 20 agencies that oversee more than 50 financial literacy programs. There are more than 50 programs supporting entrepreneurs across 4 different departments of government. There are 47 different job training programs. Is job training important? Absolutely. There are 47 different programs, 9 different agencies, and it cost $18 billion in fiscal year 2009.…”