Or so the Feds just discovered…

With the budget deficit soaring toward $2 trillion, the Department of Justice has figured out how to play its part: double-sided photocopying.

But wait! There’s more!

There are other acts of national sacrifice. The Forest Service will no longer repaint its new, white vehicles green immediately upon purchase. The Army will start packing more soldiers onto R&R flights. The Navy will delete unused email accounts.

Again, I’m all for saving money, but some of this stuff is just a joke. Why did someone have to tell you to delete unused e-mail accounts to save money? Or to use both sides of the paper.

But alas, with all the focus on belt-tightening, it just won’t be enough:

If the administration produces $100 million in savings every 98 days for the rest of Mr. Obama’s term, the savings will total $1.5 billion, or three days of interest on the federal debt, said Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Awesome.