[Jim from C-Town]

The only good balanced budget amendment would call for a maximum percentage of GDP allowed for use by the Federal Government.

Any other form would just give cover to increased taxes and fees.

[stremba]

I don’t know if that’s true. For instance, if a balanced budget amendment set federal income tax rates, and then required that any legislation to increase those rates would require a 2/3 majority of both houses to pass, that might be a workable solution.