This may not be a "laugh out loud"......

.................................quote, but one wonders whether the authors were writing tongue in cheek:

"Therefore, the next U.S. president needs to encourage its regional partners, especially Saudi Arabia and the Gulf emirates, by providing policy guidance, know-how, and training to support these governments’ efforts to diversify their economies, manage retrenchment of social services, and trim unsustainable welfare programs."

-as extracted from this essay