Balanced Budget Amendment Makes a Comeback

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Already sufficient states have called for a Article V Convention to begin the ratification process for a balanced budget amendment. The call is peremptory meaning that Congress cannot debate the issue. Their only function is to call the convention. Not doing so is a violation of their oath of office.
In fact, there is legal basis if there were a daring police office, members of Congress could be arrested for not doing so.
Please don't come back with argument that a Convention would not be wise. It's peremptory. No debate until after the call!

Sam Gallo of LA 2:55PM April 11, 2011

It's time our elected officals cut up the country's credit cards. At some point we will reach our limit.
It's funny when our president touts a savings of 50 billion dollars over 10 years. What a pretty sound bite. That's 5 billion a year. What about the other 1 trillion 495 billion dollars per year? Oh I know just Charge It.
Big Deal Mr President. You are a spending addict.

Mr Wondeful of FL 8:56PM February 12, 2011

McCaskill now acting like a Republican. She must hope we voters in Missouri will forget about her unabashed support for all things Obama in 2012. I won't.

Davd of MO 8:21PM February 08, 2011

Gunman on bicycle kills man, may have shot another in Wilmington
Daily News Wire Services
Posted: 02/08/2011 09:06:36 AM PST
Updated: 02/08/2011 09:10:31 AM PST
WILMINGTON - A gunman on bicycle killed a man and may have shot another in a suspected gang-related shooting in Wilmington.
The shooting at or near West I Street and Bayview Avenue happened at about 2:20 a.m., Los Angeles police Sgt. Danny Contreras of the Harbor Station said. No immediate arrests were made.
The victim was in his 20s, Contreras said, but his name was unavailable pending notification of his next of kin. Contreras said the second victim is in stable condition. It was unclear if the same gunman shot both men.

LonelyGuyUSD of CA 1:23PM February 08, 2011

Anaheim Man Beaten, Stabbed In Motel Room Near Disneyland
February 8, 2011 9:53 AM
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ANAHEIM (CBS) — An Anaheim man is recovering after being beaten and stabbed Monday night in a motel near Disneyland.
The crime was reported about 11:45 p.m. Monday at the Econo Lodge Maingate, 871 South Harbor Blvd., according to the Orange County Register.
Officers found a 34-year-old man sitting on the walkway while motel guests applied pressure to a stab wound on his back. He was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange.
The man told police someone knocked on his motel room door. When he opened the door, three to four men hit him, beat him and stabbed him for unknown reasons. The man told police he did not know his attackers.
A description of the attackers was not immediately available. Anyone with information about the case can call Anaheim police at (714) 765-1900.
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LonelyGuyUSD of CA 1:20PM February 08, 2011

How many years has it been since there was a balanced budget? Anyone who thinks a balanced budget will gather the necessary national support is using illegal stuff.
How about if Congress gets on with the real problems, not phantom issues.

Mike of WA 10:52AM February 08, 2011

the US needs to repeal the 'free' trade agreements which have been a part of collapsing the US economy to meet the G20 agreements and the Germans' interests to spur their own export driven economy while we've offshored our production under the 'free' ie non tariff'd trade agreements so as to be less competitive against their economic restoration after their reunification. in that time we've run huge budget deficits except for the smoke and mirrors of the dot com bubble, but that was still partly private sector spurring via a ripple effect from wallstreet and into the general economy. bottom line is we know that production has the best ripple effect in any economy and we need to do that to spur our own and our tax base will be better financed.

Andrea of NY 9:31AM February 08, 2011

Some of the rhetoric these days is troubling. With $14 trillion in federal debt (which does not include social security and medicare shortfalls), we have a serious problem now. If a publicly owned company had that kind of debt burden, its bonds would have to pay very high interest, and even then, many would not be interested.
We cannot expand our way out of this debt, though re-employment of many workers would help the economy. There have to be serious cuts or alterations in many federal programs. Getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan would save many billions each year.
I hope Congress and president come together. Better now than in the future, when another crisis could loom if changes are not made.

Tim B of WA 3:15AM February 08, 2011