Balanced Budget Admendment

Every seems to agree the Nat'l debt is an issue and yet I have heard no one bring up passing a Balanced budget admendment. We only need four more states to file under article V. Why?

‹ Purposes You do remember the Contras, dont you? Ollie North and President Reagan making money trading coke for weapons? ›
Submitted by markthe1us on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 22:16
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southernpatriot:

I agree that any government should have a balanced budget, but if the federal government doesn't obey the constitution now, what's to ensure they follow an amendment requiring a balanced budget?

The problem with States calling a Constitutional Convention is that once a Convention is called, the scope cannot be limited to a single purpose. Many people fear,rightly so in my opinion, that a Constitutional Convention would be used to completely rewrite the Constitution, which would most likely strip away many rights and freedoms now "protected" by the Constitution.

04/09/2010 - 00:37
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markthe1us:

Congress cannot set any limits, which is why they fear one because it could limit the powers of the federal gov't. There is no written rules on how a convention of the states would be ran. The states would have to establish the rules of conduct. Even if something rediculus was purposed, it would still take 3/4ths of the states to ratify. Passing just one admendment will be a challenge.

04/09/2010 - 12:20