What's instructive about the Colombia misadventure, especially when taken together with the GSA conference, is that President Awesome insists there is virtually nothing that could be cut from government spending. In February 2012, with much self-congratulation, the President offered up $24 billion in cuts in 2013, for a total of $520 billion over 10 years.

The President has asked for $3.8 trillion dollars in 2013. Against that spending, what's the impact of President Awesome's proposed budget slashing? $24 billion is about six-tenths of one percent of total spending in 2013.

How does $520 billion over ten years stack up? Assuming the budget remains static (i.e., no increases in annual spending at all, which seems unlikely given that our debt burden increases mercilessly), the Federal government will spend $38 trillion over that period. We're doing better: 1.3% reduction in spending.

Say, guy, what portion of the Federal budget is accounted for by borrowed money? Oh, only about 40%. With President Awesome's savage spending cuts, we'll only have to borrow 39% of total spending.

The coke-and-whores party in Colombia, and the hot tub extravaganza in Las Vegas, were paid for with your money, and your grandchildren's money, money extracted by an increasingly voracious government under penalty of imprisonment. When they say they can't cut anything (other than your national defense and closing Yellowstone), and have to raise your taxes, remember how cavalier they are with your money.