Porter Goss: “the White House and certain high-decibel special interest groups are pulling out all the stops to derail the balanced…”

“the White House and certain high-decibel special interest groups are pulling out all the stops to derail the balanced budget amendment. Never mind that 7 out of 10 Americans support this requirement that the Federal budget be balanced. But take a close look at the administration's scare campaign. As liberal columnist Michael Kinsley discovered in reading White House propaganda: ``The administration's nightmare scenarios * * * are not an argument against a balanced budget amendment. They are an argument against a balanced budget itself. A balanced budget amendment does not mandate specific cuts in entitlements or a raid on Social Security. It simply mandates a balanced budget. Just like most States have and most local governments and most American families. President Clinton seems most afraid that he will no longer be able to spend our dollars beyond our means. We need a balanced budget and we need an amendment to get it.”