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It seems to me those advising Trump, who constantly demand having an annually balanced federal budget and forcing fiscal restraints upon Congress’s spending, suspiciously avoid any mention of our Founder’s original tax plan which would, if returned to, accomplish their asserted goals.
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Mr. Levin wants more than a balanced budget amendment. He says we need to control spending, which I am in full agreement with. But our existing Constitution already limits spending to the list of particulars found beneath Article 1, Section 8 Clause 1, for which Congress, by the terms of...
On Monday, 1/27/2025, Chris Salcedo had Mark Meckler (President and co-founder of Convention of States Action) as a guest to promote a Constitutional Convention (Con Con) for proposing amendments to our federal Constitution.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Meckler has insulted and disparage...
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Here is the newest example of a member of Congress pretending to want to end Congress from adding to the national debt, year after year. Representative Rudy Yakym introduced the latest Balanced Budget Amendment which would not stop Congress from adding to the national debt year after year. In...
SEE: Tackling the National Debt: A Call for Fiscal Responsibility
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In the article we find:
10. Engage Congress to Pass Budgetary Reforms
While executive branch actions are critical, Congress plays a key role in addressing the national debt. The President should:
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See: Fiscal Hawks Should Push for Balanced Budget, Not Debt Ceiling
Like most of our “mainstream media and elected officials” which Steve Levy mentions in his opinion piece, he is long on suggestions, especially in promoting a balanced budget amendment, but does so without offering the text...
We are now paying over $1 TRILLION to pay interest on the national debt ($36 TRILLION), and that figure will continue to rise unless the DOGE team nails down a way to stop Congress from effectively adding to the national debt which in turn increases money spent to service the national debt.
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Like Rome, our politicians babble on and on, while beating their chests and complaining about our enormous national debt, which is now at a staggering $222 TRILLION _ including unfunded debt liabilities (3rd-rail budget items) but not one Republican, Democrat or Independent, who has...
If the FairTax ACT were passed into law the following explains some of its specific provisions.
It would create two new tax collecting agencies, an “Excise Tax Bureau” and the “Sales Tax Bureau", in addition to keeping the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms alive, which will also be...
When framing our Constitution our wise founding fathers intentionally commanded that “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. . .” and “The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States…”...
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It really is irritating to hear Fox News personalities constantly complaining about federal taxation, 87,000 new IRS Agents, and out-of-control deficit spending without offering a solution.
One solution which appears in the Congressional Record [1995-6 Hearings on “REPLACING THE FEDERAL...