The Let Us Vote for a Balanced Budget Amendment (LUV4BBA) Citizen’s Campaign recognizes New Mexico’s State House 17th District candidate, Scott Goodman, for his “Pledge to support my constituents’ Constitutional Right to vote for a U.S. Balanced Budget Amendment.”
Category: Budget News
Jim Oberweis Signs Balanced Budget Amendment Pledge
“Spending is out of control,” said congressional candidate Jim Oberweis. “We have a national debt approaching $23 trillion. There is no fiscal restraint when it comes to spending in Washington D.C. We are stealing the future of our children and grandchildren by continuing to spend money we do not have.”
Congressional Candidate Yvette Herrell Pledges to “Let Us Vote for a U.S. Balanced Budget Amendment”
“The People should be empowered by Congress to vote on the ratification of a BBA, as they were when Prohibition was repealed with the 21st Amendment in 1933.”
Here’s What the U.S. Could Learn from the Swiss Debt Brake – The Heritage Foundation
The Swiss budget for 2020 will have a $615 million surplus. Justin Bogie’s piece for The Heritage Foundation (July 8, 2019) suggests that the secret to Swiss success is their following of effective fiscal rules.
The American Spectator- ‘Blue Dog’ Solution to the Debt Crisis
Economics professors Dr. John Merrifield and Dr. Barry Poulson are hopeful that moderate Democrat support for a Balanced Budget Amendment may provide the basis for a successful bipartisan resolution.
Freedom Works – “All the Lights Are Flashing Red on America’s Fiscal Situation”
The alarm is sounding once again on federal spending, and few in Congress are paying attention serious problems that America faces if it doesn’t get the nation’s finances into order …