[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  MYTH: WASHINGTON BUREAUCRATS KNOW BEST HOW TO SPEND AMERICA'S MONEY

  (Mr. HOEKSTRA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOEKSTRA. Mr. Speaker, I was amazed again yesterday when I read 
Secretary Rubin's statement in Congress Daily, implying that tax cuts 
would unduly harm our economy.
  Think about it: What Secretary Rubin really thinks is that Washington 
bureaucrats know better how to spend the American people's money than 
the American people themselves. It takes a lot of nerve to suggest to 
the American people, who have to balance their own budgets, pay their 
own bills on time, that the Federal Government, which does not do these 
things, will make better decisions about managing money than they will.
  It takes a lot of nerve, especially since this President is proposing 
an additional $1 billion in spending for a bureaucracy whose financial 
books are unauditable. What responsible American would put a billion 
dollars into a company whose books were unauditable?
  This is not about tax cuts. It is about arrogance, the arrogance of 
the President and his advisors suggesting that a dollar spent by 
Washington bureaucrats is better spent than a dollar spent by parents, 
families, across America.

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