{"id":2405698,"date":"2025-02-23T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-these-early-bill-clinton-clips-sound-exactly-like-donald-trump-on-govt-spending-and-waste\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T15:56:58","slug":"watch-these-early-bill-clinton-clips-sound-exactly-like-donald-trump-on-govt-spending-and-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-these-early-bill-clinton-clips-sound-exactly-like-donald-trump-on-govt-spending-and-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: These Early Bill Clinton Clips Sound Exactly Like Donald Trump on Gov&#8217;t Spending and Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-these-early-bill-clinton-clips-sound-exactly-like-donald-trump-on-govt-spending-and-waste%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses the recent backlash from \u2064Democrats \u2063regarding \u2063the Department of Government Efficiency, an initiative aimed at\u2063 reforming government operations, spearheaded by President Trump and Elon Musk. Critics argue that this reform threatens existing \u2062funding\u2063 and bureaucratic networks. Despite opposition, many Americans support efforts to reduce\u200d waste, fraud, and abuse in government.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes that former President \u200cBill Clinton was once a strong advocate for similar reforms,\u2064 highlighting his past commitment to cutting government waste and improving efficiency. \u200dGeorgia Representative \u2062Marjorie Taylor \u200cGreene references \u200ba video\u200d compilation of clinton advocating for an active and efficient government, urging her colleagues to reconsider their opposition\u2063 to current reform efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The article emphasizes a desire among the public for\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-health-insurance-plan-would-grow-the-deficit-by-335b\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Health Insurance Plan Would Grow The Deficit By 5B\">efficient government spending<\/a>, irrespective of\u2063 political affiliation, and stresses that most Americans do not want their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-received-90m-in-ppp-loans-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\" title=\"Planned Parenthood got M in COVID...19 PPP loans\">tax \u2064dollars spent<\/a> on \u200ccertain controversial\u200b programs.It concludes by asserting that any political figure who pursues obstructing these reforms risks political peril.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We have heard much whining in recent weeks from the Democrats and their propagandists in the media about the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>They have pulled out the stops, in the most unhinged ways possible, by the way, to make sure that the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-jesse-watters-turn-doge-abso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reform<\/a> effort created by President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk does not drain their slush funds and cripple their bureaucratic patronage networks.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many other issues these days, the Democrats are vocally positioning themselves against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-west-decided-to-touch-the-stove-its-destroying-us\/\" title=\"The West&#039;s Decision to Touch the Stove: A Destructive Choice\">common-sense proposition<\/a> that the vast majority of Americans support: cutting down on waste, fraud, and abuse while making sure our government works for the people.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, just a few decades ago, no one was a more fervent advocate for that position than President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene d a 40-minute compilation of Slick Willie, along with now-former Vice President Al Gore, on X earlier this month, telling her Democratic colleagues on the DOGE Committee that they &ldquo;need to watch this video instead of pitching temper tantrums.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Clinton indeed said in the outset of the compilation that &ldquo;the people demand and deserve an active government on their side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They don&rsquo;t want a government that wastes money, a government that costs more and does less. They voted for change,&rdquo; he remarked. &ldquo;They wanted a literal revolution in the way government operates, and now you and I must deliver.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrats on my DOGE Committee need to watch this video instead of pitching temper tantrums and threatening me with &ldquo;actual weapons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Our $36 TRILLION dollar debt is an everyone problem, NOT a partisan problem.<\/p>\n<p>America simply just can&rsquo;t afford it anymore. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vas0Pv3Tfg\">https:\/\/t.co\/vas0Pv3Tfg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#127482;&#127480; (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1890790650691441038?\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Remarkably, that rhetoric very closely mirrors the current pitch that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-freaks-1-doge-employee-getting-irs-access-learn-biden-gave-919-people-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a> is making to the people.<\/p>\n<p>Americans who visit the X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DOGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profile<\/a> for the initiative will see that its tagline is simply &ldquo;the people voted for major reform.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clinton, like Trump and Musk, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">apparently spent time reporting directly<\/a> to the people on the savings he was delivering.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday I announced the reorganization of the White House staff that will reduce our staff by 25 percent, and cut costs by $10 million per year,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-bill-clinton-ordered-early-morning-raid-to-seize-immigrant-child-at-gunpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton<\/a> called on Cabinet members to follow suit by beginning &ldquo;the overhaul of government as a whole,&rdquo; much like Trump is currently doing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The steps we&rsquo;re taking today will save the American taxpayers $9 billion,&rdquo; Clinton continued. &ldquo;They won&rsquo;t be easy, but they will make a difference.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clinton and Gore were ultimately successful.<\/p>\n<p>They presided over a robust economy and even saw budget surpluses between 1998 and 2001, a feat that has not since been accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>Every American wants that sort of result, and they do not even particularly care if a Democrat or a Republican delivers it.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants their tax dollars funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trans-individuals-officially-banned-joining-military-trumps-orders-dont-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a> activism or gross medical experiments that benefit activists and special interest groups, and every time DOGE slashes one of those projects, the vast majority of the people are thankful.<\/p>\n<p>They simply want their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-update-direct-payment-worth-2500-from-montana-rebate-going-out-through-end-of-month\/\" title=\"Montana rebate: ,500 direct payment update ... distribution until month...end\">hard-earned money back<\/a> in their own pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who stands in the way of that common-sense desire has a political death wish.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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They are doing everything possible to prevent the government reform initiative established by President Donald Trump and spearheaded by Elon Musk from undermining their funding sources and bureaucratic networks. Similar to many current issues, Democrats are openly opposing a sensible idea that most Americans back: reducing waste, fraud, and abuse while ensuring the government serves its citizens effectively. Ironically, just a few decades ago, President Bill Clinton was a strong proponent of this very stance. Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shared a 40-minute video compilation featuring Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore on X earlier this month, urging her Democratic colleagues on the DOGE Committee to watch it instead of throwing tantrums. In the video, Clinton stated that &#8220;the people demand an active government on their side&#8221; and emphasized that they do not want a government that wastes money or is inefficient; they voted for change and expected significant reforms in how government operates.<\/p>\n<p>Greene pointed out that our $36 trillion debt is an issue for everyone\u2014not just one political party\u2014and stressed that America can no longer afford it. The rhetoric she referenced aligns closely with what DOGE is currently advocating: &#8220;the people voted for major reform.&#8221; Like Trump and Musk today, Clinton communicated directly with citizens about his cost-saving measures during his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton announced plans to reorganize White House staff to reduce costs significantly while calling on Cabinet members to initiate broader governmental reforms similar to Trump&#8217;s current efforts. He claimed these changes would save taxpayers billions of dollars\u2014an outcome every American desires regardless of political affiliation\u2014without wanting their tax dollars spent on controversial projects or special interests.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, both Clinton and Gore achieved success during their tenure with economic growth leading to budget surpluses between 1998-2001\u2014a feat not replicated since then\u2014and Americans simply want more control over how their hard-earned money is spent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture-29.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38900,32319,32412],"class_list":["post-2405698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bill-clinton","tag-donald-trump","tag-government-spending"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture-29.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405698"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405702,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405698\/revisions\/2405702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}