America's Compact, Part One: What's a Compact?
Most Americans, upon first learning about Compact for America’s Balanced Budget initiative, feel a sense of relief and hopefulness. When faced with the certainty, safety, and speed that America’s Compact provides as a strong solution to our countries looming debt problems, there’s usually only one question left-How does the Compact really work? First, it’s important for Americans to understand that America’s Compact for a Balanced Budget is already working! So far, conscienti
CFA's Sven Larson Schools Washington on the Need for the Compact for a Balanced Budget in The Hi
Building on the buzz fare generated by Rep. Gosar’s powerful piece outlining America’s need to Compact for a balanced budget amendment in The Hill last month, Compact for America’s council of scholar’s member, Sven Larson also helped school Washington on our need to "reopen" the case for a balanced budget amendment in The Hill this morning. After stating that while the GOP's budget is a "welcome change for the better," Mr. Larson points out just how susceptible the GOP's budg
Overwhelming Supermajorities of Alabama Voters Support America's Compact for a Balanced Budget
On Memorial Day, as a nation, we, with heavy hearts, honor our fallen veterans that died to preserve and protect our Republic. These brave souls who swore to protect our Constitution not only deserve to be memorialized by tradition, but part of preserving their legacy involves showing them the respect they deserve by stoping this: This trend of perpetually increasing government debt obviously threatens our posterity (and it is based on CBO projections regarding only publicly
Compact for America’s Memorial Day Marathon
On the last Monday in May, Americans remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving our country. In an effort to show our deepest gratitude to the families and military service members who died for the cause of freedom, Compact for America is hosting a special Memorial Day Marathon. CFA’s Memorial Day Marathon will highlight military centric content in order to honor those who were/are brave enough to do what most Americans won’t, so most American’s don’t have to. Thr
Reason Covers America's Compact: Article V Constitutional Convention 2.0
Getting a Balanced Budget via Article V Constitutional Convention 2.0: Nick Dranias of the "Compact for America" Explains How 38 States Could Force Congress to Spend Within Its Means via Reason.Com Forcing the federal government to keep to a balanced budget has been a dream of the fiscally conservative, or those just worried about ruinous debt, for decades. “Force” is the operative word—there seems little hope that Congress will embrace consistent fiscal discipline on its own
Article V 2.0, Part 3: SPEED!
This blog post is the third and last of 3, explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating federal constitutional amendments from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “
Article V 2.0, Part 2: Safety
This post is part two, of a three-part series explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating federal constitutional amendments-from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is trul
Article V 2.0, Part One: Certainty
This blogpost is the first in a series of three explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating Constitutional amendments-from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “Art
