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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 10, 1984
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Not long ago, I was invited once again to testify before a con
gressional committee on "the problem of the deficit." Now I ask
you: Do the hypocritical, pandering, gutless wonders in Congress
intend to do anything after taking more testimony, from me or
anybody else? Of course not. This is yet another absurd ritual
to give the illusion of motion, while Congress goes right on
squandering the national substance, inviting resurgent infla
tion, ducking the tough questions, receiving awards from every
special-interest group that
ever
wheedled
a
subsidy or tax break
in return for a campaign contribution, and, of course, railing
about "the problem of the deficit" at every campaign stop from
East Overshoe to Hog Heaven.
As one editorial writer recently put it, "How can Congress show
its face in Washington again? One would need the vocabulary of
Shakespeare to adequately describe this craven, abject, lily
livered body of lap dogs, these lick.spittles, these toadies,
these footmen." In my opinion, he lets 'em off easy.
Mr. Simon has never been known for mincing words. On page 99 of his book, A
TIME FOR TRUTH (published in 1978), Mr. Simon said:
In political reality men running for Congressional reelection do
not choose to eliminate or reduce existing programs. Typically
they keep making promises in exchange� votes and keep piling
new programs on top of old ones. What 1s actually "uncontrol
lable" � the promises of politicians, who perceive votes as
absolute and the budget as infinitely flexible.
Democracy, as a form of human government, is about to undo the God-given
riches of America.
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau