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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, May 4. 1973
Discontent about the rise in
the cost of living and the growth
of government spending,
without any doubt, consitute the
chief concerns of most
Americans today.
Much of the mail which I
receive reflects this mood.
Many constitutents voice the
view that since government is
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exercising greater and greater
control over our daily lives,
then government has the
obligation to find suitable
remedies for everyday
problems. This feeling is un
derstandable. Unfortunately, if
the governmental pendulum
swings too far it could substitute
federal controls for virtually
every vistage of liberty. This is
a danger we must always guard
against.
What can and should be the
function of government is that it
maintain insofar as is possible
the conditions which make for
an orderly society so that every
citizen may reasonably expect
to enjoy the blessings of life,
liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. Beyond this, con
trols always lay the foundations
for governmental tyranny.
All of this leads to the ob
servation that many of the
public’s irritations would be
resolved if the Federal
Government would put its
financial house in order. I would
like to point out again that I
have consistently supported a
balanced budget. I have stood
for economy in government as
steadfastly as anyone in our
country. As a matter of fact, I
am far more economical in my
attitude toward the Federal
budget than is the President,
who has now created the image
of a “fiscal conservative.’’
What should be recognized in
all of the conflict now going on
between the Congress and the
Executive branch of the
government is that most of the
skirmishes have come about as
a result of differing in
terpretations over the con
stitutional duty of the Congress
to determine how Federal
monies shall be spent.
The real tragedy is that
neither the President nor the
Congress has taken effective
action to curb deficit spending
in recent years. In the opening
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ministration, there was a
flicker of hope that the
President would support a
balanced budget. But that
‘ philosophy died early when Mr.
Nixon announced that he really
adheres to the Keynesian theory
I of economics. From then on, his
administration bean to incur
deficits which made other
spenders look like pikers.
It is encouraging that the
President has recently sounded
a note of caution that something
must be done to control
skyrocketing Federal ex
penditures. I shall support his
economy efforts so long as they
are constitutionally sound. I
would point out, however, that
Congress is responding to its
constitutional duty. At the
present time there are about
eighteen bills under con
sideration by the Senate
Government Operations
Conunittee, of which I am
Chairman, which seek to im
prove Congressional control
over the budget. Moreover, I
have recently introduced the
Congressional Budgetary
Procedures Act of 1973. I
discussed this bill in a
preceding newsletter and
described its provisions which
are intended to bring about
budgetary reform.
Another important Senate
action to gain mastery over the
budget-making and spending
process came on April 17th.
Chairman John L. McClellan of
the Senate Appropriations
Committee announced that his
Committee has set a tentative
spending ceiling for fiscal 1974
of $267.1 billion, a decrease of
$1.6 billion under the
President’s budget requests.
Earlier on April 4th, the Senate
passed an amendment, which I
cosponsored, to set a budget
ceiling of $2M billion for fiscal
1974.
Whatever divisions of opinion
there may be between the White
House and the Congress on how
to achieve fiscal control, these
are far more functional than
ideological at this stage. In my
judgement the matter can be
resolved satisfactorily if
Congress will grab the bull by
the horns and institute reform
procedures for dealing with the
budget and expenditures.
Progress is being made in this
direction, and I am pleased to
have a part in it.
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