Jon L. Christensen: “the top 10 reasons why the American people deserve a balanced budget amendment: No. 10, fiscal discipline does not work.…”

“the top 10 reasons why the American people deserve a balanced budget amendment: No. 10, fiscal discipline does not work. No. 9, we need to make it as difficult to get into debt as it is going to be to get out of it. No. 8, the national debt is $4.6 trillion and climbing. No. 7, 80 percent of the American people want it. No. 6, since the people cannot raise their annual income just to meet their bills, Congress should not be able to either. No. 5, contrary to Democratic rhetoric, tax increases may have never balanced the budget. No. 4, it is in the Contract With America. No. 3, businesses balance their budgets, families balance their budgets. Now it is time for the House of Representatives to balance the budget. No. 2, if we do not pass a balanced budget amendment, even Big Bird will not be able to teach our young children to count as high as the debt is going. And the No. 1 reason why the American people deserve a balanced budget amendment: Because it would protect the Social Security trust fund from tax-and-spend bureaucrats.”