[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 22, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: February 22, 1994]
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         BIG GOVERNMENT IS WRECKING ECONOMIES AROUND THE WORLD

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the Washington Post front page headline 
today says: ``German Workers Getting Stiff Shot of Reality.''
  The sub-headline sums it up: ``Bonuses, Perks Vanish as Firms Fight 
to Survive.''
  The story says that the ``party * * * is over'' as excessive pay and 
benefits financed by government subsidies or required by government 
regulation caused the German economy to plummet.
  It is sickening, and really ridiculous, when liberals stand on this 
floor and say we must mandate this benefit or require that regulation 
because almost all other countries do.
  Yet big government is wrecking the economy of countries all over this 
world, and it will soon wreck ours, too, if we do not wake up.
  The liberal mindset seems to be that government can run your life and 
spend your money better than you can yourself.
  The liberal mindset seems to be that almost all other countries are 
better to workers than we are, and Germany has frequently been held out 
as an enlightened, progressive, liberal example.
  But consider this: Hundreds of millions want to come here to gain 
freedom and opportunity and a chance for a good life.
  Every place where liberals have caused the government to get too big, 
the people have ended up starving or living under horrible conditions, 
and they are getting out as fast as they possibly can.
  The real solution to our problems is less government--not more. The 
only solution that will really work is something called free 
enterprise.

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