From “Al Qaeda Takes Credit for Plot” in today’s Wall Street Journal (emphasis added):
“We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable,” Mr. Obama said in remarks broadcast on television from Hawaii, where he is on vacation.
OK, I know, the President of the United States is never really on vacation, but it is funny nonetheless.
A quote of Vice-President Joseph Biden from March 12 2009, via the Associated Press:
“Six months from now, if the verdict on this effort is that we’ve wasted the money, we built things that were unnecessary or we’ve done things that are legal but make no sense, then, folks, don’t look for any help from the federal government for a long while,” he said.
This was followed up by President Obama’s equally compelling statement during the same conference:
“If we see money being misspent, we’re going to put a stop to it.”
Mr. President and Mr. Vice-President, if you are honest about what is deemed wasteful and unnecessary and senseless, there is little doubt that significant portions of the $787 billion you reallocated will prove to be just that. This inconvenient truth (ahem) will hopefully stimulate you (ahem) to stop trying to have the federal government be everything to everyone.
However, after this is the case, will you also promise to stop taking so much of our earned income (via taxes) after you stop the federal government from trying to “help” us? After all, you probably wouldn’t need it any more.
One could only hope for such change (ahem).