| Show Where We T e Are and How Wr We Wre e Got Here Bad management Government starts huge social social so so- social cial programs without any idea of what they will cost in the future It institutes untried untested untested untested un un- tested programs nationwide nationwide- without experimental efforts in ina a few areas areas and and program after arter program after immense cost cost falls far short of the desired desired de de- sired result No management in business could survive such failures Then there are those sectors of the economy which have been most subject to government government government gov gov- regulation They are Usually the areas in the worst condition such as the postal service the railroads the airlines air air- lines Jines natural gas and public utilities I will refrain from mentioning New York City asin as asan in an n example of government management Howard J. J Morgens Chairman of 01 the Executive tive Committee Procter Gamble 1 r Out o of f hand There is a growing awareness awareness aware aware- ness in this country that gov goy government government at almost every level may have gotten out of hand The pe pertinent question is whether government is actually actually actually actu actu- ally serving the public interest or or is developing into a self self- perpetuating group of programs pro grams that feed on themselves with only a nod in the direction of what the public requires Sen George Govern cGovern Handout trend If If these government programs programs pro pro- grams continue growing for the next two decades at the same pace they have in the last two we will spend more than half of our gross national product for domestic social programs alone by the year 2000 In other words when the century turns half the American people peo pie will be working to support the other half Caspar Former Secretary Dept of 01 Health Education and Well Welfare We arc How Flow it happens Unfortunately it is often the 1 I he peoples people's representatives who are the big spenders And AndI I their heir inclination to spend al although at ai- though hough many times aimed at helping those of our citizens who are in special need commits commits commits com com- mits the nation to a course of spending that is beyond its financial resources When this happens the government necessarily necessarily necessarily goes further into debt and prints money to cover a portion of its indebtedness thereby cheapening the value of our currency and giving an additional impetus to inflation The way it is is No realistic evaluation of government regulation comfortably comfortably comfortably com com- fits the notion of benign benign benign be be- and wise officials making altogether sensible decisions inthe in inthe inthe the society's greater interests Instead we find waste bias stupidity concentration on trivia triola trio Iriv- ia la conflicts among the regulators regulators regulators regu regu- and worst of all arbitrary and uncontrolled power Murray |
