Rethink that July 4 Vacation, Congress

The best two parts from President Obama’s press conference today:

On balancing the budget:

“But everyone also knows that we’ll need to do more to close the deficit.  We can’t get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service.”

On eliminating unnecessarily burdensome laws and regulations:

“Keep in mind that the business community is always complaining about regulations.  When unemployment is at 3 percent and they’re making record profits, they’re going to still complain about regulations because, frankly, they want to be able to do whatever they think is going to maximize their profits. “

Because if Sasha and Malia can get their homework done without pulling an all-nighter, shouldn’t Congress do the same?*

* This is a nice idea, but I don’t think I ever finished a high-school or college paper earlier than the night before it was due. Or the morning it was due. Or two hours before it was due. So perhaps I’m not one to talk.