U.S. Senator Mike Lee Proposes a Constitutional Amendment to Limit Congress' Spending
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Uploaded by catoinstitutevideo on Apr 14, 2011
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) discusses the possibility of constitutionally limiting federal spending.
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Nice work, and thanks for posting.
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We need to let Congress Members know that WE ARE THEIR BOSS. Plus, if they refuse to balance the Federal Budget, cut spending, we will give them their Pink Slips - Then hire people who will follow our orders.
The process starts now. Congress has until the end of July 2011, to follow our orders, or else.
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@shamgar001 not passing this amendment guarantees that the balanced budget amendment will drive taxes to utterly unprecedented levels trying to balance ever greater spending. The two together can trim the government - maybe. (We don't seem to have a government that pays two figs of attention to the Constitution in any meaningful way.)
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We need to move "To regulate commerce" & "To borrow money" to article one section nine.
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I agree with Mike Lee. Thanks for working to get a balanced budget amendment in place. Thank you Mike Lee for fighting so hard to preserve our freedoms!
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Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah Wants To Bring Back Child Labor To The USA: alternet (dot) org (forward slash) story (forward slash) 150709
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Great. Now when are we going to get a fair tax and shut down the IRS? When are we going to allow banks to generate their own currency and compete with the Federal Reserve as Ron Paul suggested?
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@kjakobsen They have a lot of lawbreaking on their plates, just wait till the people are pushed to the breaking point.
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@shamgar001 Just make it so the maximum is at 18%, and push the thing through!
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see my video from both dem and rep. called ( when car dealers attack )
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My only problem with that particular amendment is that by setting government spending at 18%, you'll end up ensuring that it never goes below 18%.
shamgar001 10 months ago 9
Yeahh because today they abide by the constitution... No wait THEY DON'T.
kjakobsen 10 months ago 4