A year ago, the 34th application for an Amendments Convention on the single topic of a balanced budget amendment crossed the desk of the Archivist of the United States, prompting an official memorandum to the leadership of Congress. Boehner asked legal counsel and the Archivist about the status of 8 applications that had been rescinded by the states that had issued them. The decision was that these were no longer operative, and that reduced the count to 26.
Yesterday, North Dakota became the 27th state to apply for an Amendments Convention to address a balanced budget amendment, along with language reining in their delegates to prevent a runaway convention addressing subjects not authorized by the state.
The North Dakota Legislature voted down an application for an Amendments Convention using Georgia's language extracted form Mark Levin's book.
So here's the count thus far.
Applications for an Amendments Convention to consider a balanced budget amendment: 27 down, 7 to go.
Applications for an Amendments Convention to consider a group of topics related to Mark Levin's book: 3 down, 31 to go.
Thanks!
Applications for an Amendments Convention to consider a group of topics related to Mark Levin's book: 3 down, 31 to go.
Thanks for the update Publius.
Unless it contains a low tax ceiling, like 15%, a balanced budget amendment would be a disastrous mistake because it would justify the feds raising taxes without censure - just what the Leftists want - and does NOTHING to deal with the REAL PROBLEM: unchecked increase in government size and spending - also just what the Leftists want.
The issue how to knock out the 80% of the $4 trillion federal government which is unconstitutional.
Contrary to the fears of many, a large federal deficit doesn't kill the economy as has been seen in the last few years. We've had a growing economy (howbeit very slow for other federal government-caused reasons) while we've had unprecedented and deliberate federal deficits.
But the ONE thing that will kill our economy and create poverty and hardship is HIGHER TAXES. That is an economy killer and must be avoided. LOWER TAXES, not a lower deficit, is what will energize the economy.
Politicians will always spend more than they get but they can only go so far in doing so. The key to cutting deficits is drastically reducing the size of government, so their deficit spending is relatively small.
Shortly after Levin’s book came out, Phyllis Schlafly reached into her filing cabinet and dragged out a yellowed column from the 1970’s, about the dangers of a “ConCon”—a “runaway Convention.” Too many others are falling for the same misdirected fear-mongering.