Let me speak to you about the example that you raised about the youth employment program. There was a part of that specifically designated to youth at risk that we're not reducing funding towards. But it just didn't make sense to provide wage subsidies in parts of the country that are very close to full employment. There are summer jobs in many parts of the country at $10, $15, $20 an hour that went unfilled this past summer, so it just seemed odd for the federal government to be providing wage subsidies in these communities. There are other areas of the country where prosperity has not reached, where there's still an important role to play and the program will be there to do that.
On October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.