Balanced Budget Amendment.

[Christos Anesti]

"A long-time conservative goal is seeing a recent resurrection in Congress. Faced with tough choices about the federal budget, a few Democrats are joining Republicans to support statutory limits on future government spending, including a balanced [COLOR=#005497 ! important][FONT=inherit ! important][COLOR=#005497 ! important][FONT=inherit ! important]budget[/FONT][/FONT][/color][/color] amendment to the Constitution. Such measures have a slim chance of passage, but are likely to become a greater part of the discussion as lawmakers look to pass a spending measure for 2011 and raise the debt ceiling. [Read more about the deficit and national debt.]"

Balanced Budget Amendment Makes a Comeback - US News and World Report


I guess one good thing about such an amendment is that it would prevent us from going into senseless wars like Iraq. Couldn't pay for them anymore.

 

[Umaro]

I guess one good thing about such an amendment is that it would prevent us from going into senseless wars like Iraq. Couldn't pay for them anymore.

Maybe, military spending already usually gets excluded from any rules on spending. They'll probably exclude it for this one too.