It amazes me that those that preach against red tape and government regulation when it helps reduce the pollution in our air and water would want to tie the government’s hands so that it could no longer do anything to help smooth the ups and downs of a capitalist economy. That is exactly what a Balanced Budget Amendment would do.
The only way We the People can counterbalance Wall Street Greed is through government. Without the government being able to run at a deficit in bad times and at a surplus in good times (which is the part Bush ignored) there is nothing to keep corporate obsession with maximizing this quarter’s profits from running us all off a cliff.
We need to fix how we tax and spend, but it needs to get SMARTER, not DUMBER. The Balanced Budget Amendment is one of those “zero tolerance” (ie “no thinking allowed”) rules.
Those of you in Congress who are more loyal to your Party than your Country need to resign now. If your solutions are built on buzzwords and ideology rather than real solutions that bring the greatest good to the greatest number of people, you are part of the problem.

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