Bill Bennett: “I am a reluctant convert to the balanced budget amendment. From a pure…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1995

I am a reluctant convert to the balanced budget amendment. From a pure political science point of view, I can make a brilliant case against the balanced budget amendment. I can give you all of the reasons why a balanced budget amendment is not sound politics. Unfortunately, the real world sometimes intrudes upon the world of the political scientist and causes us to do things that are perhaps not as philosophically pure as we might like.

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Bill Bennett

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Discussing his views on the balanced budget amendment during a Senate debate.

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Bill Bennett: “I am a reluctant convert to the balanced budget amendment. From a pure political science point of view, I can make a…”

Editor's note · Context