“CAGW applauds the President’s desire to cut
wasteful spending, but taxpayers are between a rock and a hard
place on the helicopter issue. One of the most common axioms of
aviation is that every takeoff is optional, but every landing is
mandatory. The same could be said now about the $13 billion program
to fund the new fleet of presidential
helicopters.”
Source: CAGW President Tom Schatz, in a
statement from "Citizens Against Government Waste" in support of
continuing the much-maligned VH-71 program.