Should another global conflict occur, you'd have to allow for whatever it costs to keep the country independent.
I see them using it to raise taxes to confiscatory levels.
Do you realize how much federal spending is “off-budget”?
Do you realize that mandating the states to spend money would happen under those rules?
I think it is too late to turn back. You’ll probably see the bankers get some sort of global governance to save their skins. Expect to hear “The world is too big to fail.” as a global government of the bankers’ selections, by the bankers’ decree, and for the bankers takes effect. They built the house of cards that has allowed the current mess. They’ll do whatever they can to push off the day of reckoning that will come when their system crumbles.
Even if your amendment passed, do you think congress would abide by it? Congress is criminal and out of control.
I also have a Constitutional Amendment proposal:
The federal government shall expend all revenues raised on the Constitutional duties of the federal government and no other entity, institution, persons or organization.
No more welfare, no more subsidies, no more giving grant money to leftwing groups like ACORN, Planned Parenthood, NPR, PBS etc etc.
Do you really expect this to pass both houses of Congress by two-thirds majorities? There is no way Congress will limit their ability to drive us into insolvency.
How about “Congress shall make no law.”?
The only solution is to cut federal activities which are not allowed by the constitution and elect a majority of responsible people. Up hill fight.
If we gutted all the unconstitutional spending programs, including, but not limited to, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, farm subsidies and the like the budget would be balanced.
You are such a patriot! I think this link will help explain why this is so important.
http://www.businessinsider.com/federal-debt-as-a-percent-of-gdp-by-president-2010-5
You had best check http://pushbackuntil.com. The amount of money the government spends should be pegged to a set percentage of our cumulative adjusted gross income. Period. End of story. We, the people, should be deciding how much government we “want,” and that is about the fairest and best solution.
I’m afraid you’re approaching the problem from the wrong direction. I don’t know whether you remember the financial crisis in New York City in the 70’s, but there was thought that the city might go bankrupt, it needed a federal bailout, and there was a big flap about it.
The entire time New York was digging itself into that hole, the city was required by law to have a ballanced budget every year. And New York had a balanced budget every year. On paper.
Welcome to the wonderful world of creative accounting.
I doubt that any law will restrain congressional spending. We’ll just put this on the budget, take that off the budget, and “deem” last year’s tax receipts to include the last three months of receipts from the previous year. If we can’t build a serious budget when we can at least acknowledge the problem, it’s likely to be even harder when Congress has to pretend that the budget is ballanced.
The only solution to government overspending is to elect members of congress who don’t want to.
This deends, ultimately, on the voters. The reason the members of congress spend money we don’t have, is because they believe that people will vote for them if they do, and vote them out if they don’t. It’s not because those guys can’t add—they do this to stay in office. If enough people vote for fiscal responsibility, even congressmen who don’t believe in it, will start voting for it. The TEA parties are a start in this direction.
There are at least a half-dozen amendments I’d like to see made to the Constitution — but right now, I don’t want ANYTHING or anyone meddling with it! Until we RESTORE the government to the original understanding and intent of the Constitution, NO MORE changes. PERIOD.
2. The power to regulate commerce among the several States shall be used as a negative and preventive provision against injustice among the States themselves, and not for any positive purpose of the Federal Government.
Section One: Except as provided in Section Two, any action by the government, or its agents or employees, which is in violation of this Constitution or laws as described in Article VI is illegitimate, and all citizens have a right and duty to regard it as such. The Supreme Court has no authority to issue any ruling which contradicts the Supreme Law of the Land; such rulings are illegitimate and should be disregarded.
Section Two: The only time it may be necessary and appropriate for a government agent to go beyond the clearly-delineated scope of the Constitution would be when effecting a remedy for previous illegitimate activities by government agents. Such actions, to be legitimate, must be done overtly, with the nature of the previous illegitimate actions and the proposed remedy plainly spelled out. Citizens have a right and duty to scrutinize all such claims and actions.