57:34 Oh man she did it! So I just gotta stay with President Obama for a minute because it's been really funny. There is this new video and now they've gone out and they've listened to us, they put some production into it and this was where my Vivek Kundra story was going to come in so he passed I think an executive order is what it was. Yes, it's an executive order and its the don't waste anymore America that's not exactly the name of it but yes it is select USA initiative
58:13 And it's an executive order that we have to stop wasting money. And we're going to start right here in the White House, everybody and you just have to listen to this John. It is hilarious... You may interrupt it is hilarious First of all hi everyone! Hi Everyone This stack of books right here is called the Federal Register. For decades, copies have been printed... No! Listen! Yeah I heard this is ridiculous You heard the whole thing? No but go play, play Bound and sent to thousands of government offices all across the country every single day And while you might think that most people just can't wait to dig into their copy as soon as it arrives The truth is no one reads this thing and that's because
58:58 You know he that's I wanted to stop it there But that would be unfair because he actually says why no one reads this thing available on the internet Internet years Yeah, which means taxpayers have been funding some pretty expensive doorstops Okay And then they literally put a stack of these things as a doorstop is beautiful So we're putting an end to that yeah saving you millions of dollars each year million That's just the tip of the iceberg ah what else are we gonna do? Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions. Yeah, so we got to like get rid of the paper Oh yeah this is gonna be a big help But this is how they're training the human resources to believe It's cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about but what should be easy Is getting rid of the pointless waste and stupid spending That doesn't benefit anybody
59:45 waste we should be getting rid of even if we didn't have a deficit. Now what is your pet peeve when it comes to waste, John? Well besides Michelle Obama's $1 million budget and 26 assistants? Yeah outside of that... Well the real waste is in the military! I know but you're pet-peeved with your guy Oh, Vivek Kundra? Yeah. And the eight million dollar website? Eighteen! 18 million dollar websites. 18 million dollar websites?! I know, believe me, I cannot remember that the number's that high because it's not within the... It's not believable We're off to a good start Over the last two years we've pulled the plug on all kinds of ridiculous practices Apparently the government used to overnight containers filled with nothing
1:00:29 Don't ask why that is. I want to know what that is, was that to put the drugs in? That we're shipping back he said for years The government has been shipping containers that were empty don't ask well I wanna be interested in knowing what the deal is Very interested in that it's like shut up! Don't ask Sure some of these cuts aren't that big but no amount of waste Is acceptable not when its your money Not at time so many Americans are already cutting back Just as families are living within their means Government should too. So we can invest in the things that we know will create good jobs and grow the economy, things like education and technology. Technology! Besides after a while all these cuts add up Okay Already we've identified about 33 billion dollars in savings Oh my god this is great This is great Where's it coming from? Just for this year
1:01:21 and we're not finished, not by a long shot. Did you know that the federal government pays for a website devoted to a folk music ensemble made up of forest rangers? They're called The Fiddlin Forresters. I just jumped on the website of these Rangers! The Fiddlin Foresters... Listen- I'll put their music on my iPod but i'm not paying for their website and there are hundreds of similar sites- Stop stop stop Who does this guy think he's fooling? Well by the way... The money spent on the website has been spent taking it off of the internet at this point out years, maintenance is zero right? Wait a minute first of all... John he so disingenuous because this is a website that has not just been sitting there since 2005 you cannot actually get the music from those guys on the website. It's in a whole different website So its like completely disingenuous
1:02:16 Yeah, well it's also a static website that costs probably tens of... how does it cost? Eight cents a day. Nobody is pounding it! No, they took it off. It's offline I had to... What does it say five dollars?! I had to go the Wayback Machine to get a copy of it It's like what difference does it make? I've got old websites that are sitting around the internet. That doesn't cost anything! You're a waster, you waster you! It's not a waste of anything, this is bull crap! This is all bull crap We should consolidate or just get rid of He's doing like little tick boxes and all these websites are gonna get rid of except for the 18 million dollar website by the way You're not only paying for web sites. No one needs oh you're paying for anything for these websites their websites I love what you get riled up everybody's an idiot yes This is this is why I play this for you for your website And there are hundreds of similar sites that we should consolidate or just get rid off
1:03:13 By the way, you're not only paying for websites no one needs. Hold on a second! You realize it would cost a fort... This is where the money gets wasted? Consolidating a bunch of old websites?! Yeah that's real money there hey that's a contract. No just leaving a static site up doesn't cost anything who is this guy this is ridiculous the public should be incensed by this idiocy so I think this is where Vivek Kundra came in because as a report now the report said yesterday Vivek Kundra personally has to authorize any website with a .gov domain name. This is why... That was his only job I think, he's like you know what? I'm not going to do this anymore! I don't want to be approval of .gov domain names You're paying for thousands of buildings all across the country no one uses
1:04:00 For the last decade, the government's owned a massive and completely empty warehouse in the middle of Brooklyn. Now... The government hadn't been able to sell this building because of red tape. And Washington politics that held things up for years But we're finally cutting through all that and plan to get rid of these buildings in the months ahead. What are we going to do? Demolish them? He doesn't really quite specify. Yeah, they're not going to sell them on this market? Government buildings? Get waste and make government more efficient have been a priority for my administration since day one. Priority! But here's the best part work to tackle the budget deficit we need to step up our game yeah We need to go after every dime How are we gonna do that what who should we call for that who can we make the guide to go after all this stuff To make sure we don't waste come on Who is the guy John you know the guy
1:04:55 Uh... Oh, come on. It's so obvious! The waste guy? Yeah, listen- We need to make government work for you That's why starting today I've asked the vice president to lead a renewed effort to hunt down misspent tax dollars He's gonna hunt it down! He's gonna hunt you down like a dog! Every agent in the Department of this Government We're calling it the campaign to cut waste. And Joe's the guy... I know Joe is the right man to lead us, because nobody messes with Joe Nobody messes with Joe yo! Oh please So anyway so here's the fallacy of it all. The next day when they're shutting down Ranger Bob's website because its so wasteful They throw a picnic