Barack Obama

“ In order to jumpstart our struggling economy we were forced to make investments that added to that deficit through the American recovery and reinvestment act. But as surely as our future depends on building a new energy economy controlling health care costs and insuring that our kids are once again the best educated in the world. ”

“ And where outdated technology and information systems undermine efficiency. Threaten our security and failed to serve and engaged citizenry.
Before going to rebuild our economy on solid foundation we need to change the way we do business in Washington. 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. That's starts with the painstaking work examining every program every entitlement every dollar of government spending, and asking ourselves: is this program really essential? ”

“ We accomplish our goals more efficiently or effectively some other way. This process we've already begun scouring our budget line by line for programs that don't work so we can cut them to make room for ones that do. That means ending tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas. Stopping fraud and abuse in - Medicare program and reforming our health care system to cut costs for families and businesses. That means strengthening whistle blower protections for government employees who stepped forward to report wasteful spending. ”