The White House called the bill a non-starter. “‘Amend the Constitution or default’ is a highly dangerous game to play,” said press secretary Jay Carney, and Democrats said they would scuttle it as soon as it arrived in the Senate.
Once again we have the White giving a stereotyped lie to the American People. The part of the Boehner bill that regards the constitution is very simple, it is this:
That we the Congress of the US of America request each of the 50 State Legislatures to read, research, consider and vote upon a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.
Such an action is very much the right of the elected representatives of the American people who are now serving in the House of Representatives of the US Congress.
The elected Representatives are not being fanatical, nor petulant, nor irresponsible. They are doing their job and by submitting the Balanced Budget Amendment to the American people they are asking the entire nation to read, research, consider and vote upon a crucial matter, namely, will we require the Federal government to have a budget and live within that budget or will we continue the enormous spending binge and thereby destroy our entire nation.
If 75 % that is 3/4 of the State Legislatures pass the Balanced Budget amendment it will become law. If not, it fails and nothing happens.
Jay Carney is a hired hand public relations press secretary for the President. He is not an elected official and therefore his opinions are not even to be considered when compared to the officially elected Representatives and Senators of the Congress of the USA.
Now is a time when we all must take our political responsibilities seriously and stay informed. We should not allow the sloppy reporting of our mass media press reporters to continue to mis represent the facts.
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