Progressive "Amendment Gazette" Interviews Compact for America CEO Chip DeMoss
From our skeptical, but fair, interviewers at the Gazette: "This is part one of a two-part interview with the president of the Compact for America, Chip DeMoss. Part two addresses the actual amendment to the U.S. Constitution they are trying to pass using a closed amendment convention." #nonpartisanbalancedbudgetamendment
Compact for a Balanced Budget-The Non-Partisan Way to Restore Our Nation's Fiscal Health.
Politicians face an overwhelming temptation to use unlimited borrowing capacity to buy political advantage today while shifting the costs of their policies to non-voting future generations. There is no effective political check against this temptation-except to impose a strong constitutional limit on the use of debt. This is not a partisan point. It is a policy fact. Our nearly $18 trillion national debt is the proof. Both parties have caused it; albeit one more recently than
