re: #527 researchok

When all is said and done, government has a decades long track record of efficiency- and that is what Obama wants to address.

That said, your points are fair, up to a point. You say I can’t cut 10% from government programs. I’m saying there is at least 10% waste and inefficiency. Not the same thing. On that, I’m on th esame page as Obama.

Yes, there are inefficiencies. Obama needs a small army of huge nerds to find them, identify them, and carefully craft legislation to fix them.

This is nerd work. This is the kind of thing the CBO used to do, before rampant paranoia and mistrust of government became what now passes for a political philosophy.