[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H5097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HIGHLY INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT--THE SEQUEL

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, today a sequel to the speech I gave the other 
day about the seven habits of highly ineffective government. Mr. 
Speaker, there are more habits:
  Number one, create programs and regulations which duplicate already 
existing programs at the State level. Much of what the Federal 
government does falls into that category.
  Number two, make promises that cannot be kept. If we are not careful, 
Medicare and Social Security could qualify here.
  Number three, do not reform programs that could go bankrupt until 
there is a crisis. We are still waiting for the President's Social 
Security reform.
  Number four, never hold programs accountable for what they fail to 
achieve. Title I education funding has yet to raise student 
achievement.
  Number five, refuse to reform programs going bankrupt but rather 
vilify those who attempt to save them. Anyone remember Mediscare?
  Number six, pretend that only Democrats want to solve problems. No 
elaboration necessary here.
  Number seven, declare that the era of big government is over, yet 
continue expanding big government as much as possible.

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