1. Pass a balanced budget amendment to put our fiscal house in order.
You mean like we had under Bill Clinton? We even had a budget
surplus under his leadership. What kind of enforcement provisions will it have? And how will it deal with the current
Republican debt?
Republican debt
2. Pass a budget reconciliation package, to rein in auto-pilot spending which has risen from 25% of all federal spending in 1963 to 54% today, and is expected to reach nearly 60% in 2014.
See above.
3. Offset all emergency supplemental spending with spending reductions and offset all new programs with simultaneous, equivalent reductions in, or eliminations of, existing programs.
Again. All these financial "reforms" are smokescreens to try to hide the gross irresponsibility of the current regime. Regime meaning the administration and Congress.
4. Make the tax cuts permanent, including the repeal of the marriage-tax penalty and the death tax and pass fundamental tax reform.
Whenever the wealthiest citizens and big business interests (the current beneficiaries of the "tax cuts") talk about tax reform, you can bet the middle class takes it in the shorts. Also, just how in the hell are you going pay the national debt off by reducing income?
5. Pass budget process reform, which includes budgeting for emergencies with a rainy day fund, instituting a sunset commission for federal programs, instituting a constitutional line-item veto, and making the budget resolution carry the force of law.
Well, something that seems to make sense.
6. Pass legislation which stops the raid on the Social Security Trust Fund and allows Americans to own a personal Social Security account.
While I'm all for stopping the use of SS for funding what should be general fund items, the only winners from personal accounts will be on Wall Street.
7. Pass ethics reform that requires transparency and earmark reform which permits Members of Congress to strike earmarks on the House floor.
Damm, I choked on my coffee.
Ethics reform? That oughta clear the decks.
8. Pass the Marriage Protection Amendment, to ensure that marriage, the union of one man and one woman as husband and wife, is not redefined by activist judges.
I agree with the sentiment, but the constitution shouldn't be tampered with to restrict the rights of citizens. Remember prohibition. If you want to stop activist judges, propose an amendment to limit the authority of the courts. That won't happen because both sides like their activist judges.
9. Defend the sanctity of human life, which includes banning all human cloning, passing the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, promoting ethical adult stem cell research, and preventing federal funding for destructive embryonic stem cell research.
O.K.
10. Pass protections for religious freedom, such as the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ten Commandments, and religious expression in the public square."
O.K on this one too. Of course you realize that
all religions, including those that you might find abhorrent, will have the same protections.
