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Yesterday evening, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3), a long-time deficit hawk and a warrior against wasteful spending, voted once again for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution (H.J.Res. 2)
Yesterday evening, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3), a long-time deficit hawk and a warrior against wasteful spending, voted once again for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution (H.J.Res. 2)
 
No issue better epitomizes our broken federal government than the debt. And like Democrats, Republicans have failed miserably to control federal spending
No issue better epitomizes our broken federal government than the debt. And like Democrats, Republicans have failed miserably to control federal spending
 
Say you want your Butler to buy some groceries; so you give him your credit card.
Say you want your Butler to buy some groceries; so you give him your credit card.
 
Please join the ENC Tea Party on Thursday evening, April 14, at 6:00 pm at La Ribera Mexican Restaurant to learn about the second option provided in the US Constitution for adding amendments - the Article V Convention of States (aka, Constitutional Convention, aka Con-Con).
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2016 @ 8:14 pm By: Diane Rufino
Please join the ENC Tea Party on Thursday evening, April 14, at 6:00 pm at La Ribera Mexican Restaurant to learn about the second option provided in the US Constitution for adding amendments - the Article V Convention of States (aka, Constitutional Convention, aka Con-Con).
 
Does our existing Constitution permit the federal government to spend money on whatever they want?
Does our existing Constitution permit the federal government to spend money on whatever they want?
 
Here is a starting point for your consideration on my previous post of statements which provided no answers.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:07 pm By: Bobby Tony
Here is a starting point for your consideration on my previous post of statements which provided no answers.
 
As the state continues to increase spending, many citizens have begun to suspect that the effectiveness of that spending is diminishing. North Carolina's balanced budget amendment was intended to create a fiscally responsible state that uses tax dollars wisely. However, over the last few decades...
As the state continues to increase spending, many citizens have begun to suspect that the effectiveness of that spending is diminishing. North Carolina's balanced budget amendment was intended to create a fiscally responsible state that uses tax dollars wisely. However, over the last few decades...
 
NC may become the 5th state to call for a convention of states to draft a constitutional "balanced budget" amendment
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 4:38 am By: Diane Rufino
NC may become the 5th state to call for a convention of states to draft a constitutional "balanced budget" amendment
 
The "Balanced Budget Amendment" movement (Article V Convention) is an insidious plot to impose a new national tax!!
The "Balanced Budget Amendment" movement (Article V Convention) is an insidious plot to impose a new national tax!!
 
The movement behind a Balanced Budget Amendment will officially transform our government of specific taxing powers to one of broad powers
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 4:26 am By: Diane Rufino
The movement behind a Balanced Budget Amendment will officially transform our government of specific taxing powers to one of broad powers
 
The states could put a stake through the heart of America's "fundamental problem" of unlimited borrowing capacity that has created nearly $18 trillion in national debt by adopting a balanced budget amendment
The states could put a stake through the heart of America's "fundamental problem" of unlimited borrowing capacity that has created nearly $18 trillion in national debt by adopting a balanced budget amendment
 
The United States could have a constitutional balanced budget amendment within a year, if enough states back a process spelled out by the group Compact for America.
The United States could have a constitutional balanced budget amendment within a year, if enough states back a process spelled out by the group Compact for America.
 
We hear a lot of folks pressing for a change in the Constitution to incorporate a "Balanced Budget Amendment". The argument is based on the belief that such an amendment would force the Congress to rein its profligate spending habits. It certainly sounds like a winner.
Published: Monday, July 28th, 2014 @ 1:52 pm By: Jim Bispo
We hear a lot of folks pressing for a change in the Constitution to incorporate a "Balanced Budget Amendment". The argument is based on the belief that such an amendment would force the Congress to rein its profligate spending habits. It certainly sounds like a winner.
 
More than 30 members of the North Carolina House of Representatives filed House Joint Resolution 126 last week asking Washington for a federal amendment to the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced budget. Forty-nine of our fifty states have some sort of balanced budget or debt limit...
More than 30 members of the North Carolina House of Representatives filed House Joint Resolution 126 last week asking Washington for a federal amendment to the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced budget. Forty-nine of our fifty states have some sort of balanced budget or debt limit...
 

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