Here is the solution....we need a Constitutional Amendment that requires the Congress to balance the budget.
We are in this crisis because of the reckless spending that had been happening in this country for over 100 years. It is both a Democratic problem and a Republican problem. Every President and every Congress is guilty of destroying the financial security of this country and we need to fix that problem fast. Cutting spending is a good idea, and even raising taxes is a way to fix the problem, but there needs to be a long term solution that will force Washington to really fix the problem of a growing debt.
An Amendment to the Constitution is the real permanent solution to a real problem in this country. The Congress needs to act on this and so do the states, who are having their own problem as well. If we can get our financial house in order we can survive as a country. We need to reign in our spending overseas with our reckless wars and start diving into the real issue back home and fix this mess.
Who in Congress will act? Who has the real guts to fix this country and stop worrying about their reelection?
As the commerce clause is so blatantly misrepresented, the "federal" government has clearly expanded its enumerated powers as a whole beyond its intent reiterated in the tenth amendment. What wording in the proposed amendment changes specifically, or perhaps expressly is a more relevant word, anything which could not merely be resolved by adding ONE word to the existing tenth amendment. I propose that the scope of the government is the reason for the deficit, and any balanced budget will be relegated to the status of truism.
ReplyDelete-Ohio Mike