Today I read House Majority Leader Tom Delay’s insightful quote that “there is simply no fat left to cut from the federal budget.” Then I followed the link on andrewsullivan.com, to the Heritage Foundation website which notes that the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), designed to assess whether government programs actually achieve their objectives, has found that of the 60 percent of all federal programs examined (1,236 programs measured) “only 38 percent were rated “effective” or “moderately effective”. By contrast, 40 percent were deemed either “ineffective” or unable to demonstrate results. Yet in FY 2004, $154 billion was appropriated for programs classified as ineffective or unable to demonstrate results.”

Keep up the good work Mr. Delay.