Mitch Landrieu: The Last Thing You Want Is to Put an Unelected Billionaire Bureaucrat in Charge of Cutting Waste

SCARBOROUGH We could talk ░░░░░░░░ theoretically about waste fraud ░░░░░░░░ abuse and we all ░░░░░░░░ to get rid of ░░░░░░░░ fraud and abuse we ░░░░░░░░ spent our lives I ░░░░░░░░ you have too trying ░░░░░░░░ find it and get ░░░░░░░░ of it but then ░░░░░░░░ talk about these random ░░░░░░░░ where you know as ░░░░░░░░ said you measure once ░░░░░░░░ cut two three four ░░░░░░░░ and suddenly people are ░░░░░░░░ working Americans are really ░░░░░░░░ the impact of these ░░░░░░░░ LANDRIEU Well this is ░░░░░░░░ you can find out ░░░░░░░░ somebody is just talking ░░░░░░░░ talk or walking the ░░░░░░░░ When I became mayor ░░░░░░░░ New Orleans three weeks ░░░░░░░░ the BP oil spill ░░░░░░░░ we had been through ░░░░░░░░ Rita Ike Gustav the ░░░░░░░░ recession and the BP ░░░░░░░░ spill My government was ░░░░░░░░ million in the hole ░░░░░░░░ of a 460 million ░░░░░░░░ I had to cut ░░░░░░░░ percent out of a ░░░░░░░░ in six months I ░░░░░░░░ t know anybody else ░░░░░░░░ the country that s ░░░░░░░░ done that But what ░░░░░░░░ found is you better ░░░░░░░░ cut stupid You got ░░░░░░░░ cut smart and you ░░░░░░░░ to cut thoughtful The ░░░░░░░░ public can understand this ░░░░░░░░ you look like a ░░░░░░░░ fit guy You know ░░░░░░░░ I told you that ░░░░░░░░ needed to lose 30 ░░░░░░░░ of your body weight ░░░░░░░░ I did it by ░░░░░░░░ off SCARBOROUGH Yeah LANDRIEU ░░░░░░░░ leg you d bleed ░░░░░░░░ death essentially So the ░░░░░░░░ thing you want to ░░░░░░░░ is put an unaccountable ░░░░░░░░ bureaucrat in charge where ░░░░░░░░ s no transparency and ░░░░░░░░ them just cut in ░░░░░░░░ chaotic way that s ░░░░░░░░ to affect the lives ░░░░░░░░ real lives of people ░░░░░░░░ if you re cutting ░░░░░░░░ in an area where ░░░░░░░░ are fires or if ░░░░░░░░ re cutting food inspectors ░░░░░░░░ you re cutting avian ░░░░░░░░ where there s a ░░░░░░░░ flu or you re ░░░░░░░░ starting to cut things ░░░░░░░░ really really matter in ░░░░░░░░ s lives people go ░░░░░░░░ the hell are you ░░░░░░░░ I mean damn it ░░░░░░░░ doesn t make any ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH Yeah LANDRIEU And ░░░░░░░░ s what s happening ░░░░░░░░ now I think the ░░░░░░░░ people are getting wind ░░░░░░░░ the fact that they ░░░░░░░░ not even telling the ░░░░░░░░ about what they re ░░░░░░░░ to do much less ░░░░░░░░ it well.”