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Proud Liberal Dem

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17. The same way we are all able to budget for catastrophic medical emergency visits/natural disaster

Reply to Samantha (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 05:10 PM

Nov 2015

(i.e. we can't/don't)

In response to the original post, the idea of a Constitutional Convention lead by right-wing Tea Party legislators scares the s*** out of me and I hope that it NEVER happens- not for a constitutional "balanced budget" amendment or anything else their fevered imaginations might think of!

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Lawmakers meet in Utah to draw blueprint for constitutional convention [View all] Newsjock Nov 2015 OP

Where's the frigging Equal Rights Amendment? That's what I want to see. MADem Nov 2015 #1

Well, they say it's for a balanced budget amendment... icymist Nov 2015 #2

Exactly loyalsister Nov 2015 #3

Any amendments proposed by a convention have to be ratified NYC Liberal Nov 2015 #7

True, but Republicans control 3/4 of state legislatures Reter Nov 2015 #20

It could open the door for us, too Demeter Nov 2015 #10

Given the dominance of Repubs in State Legislatures and Congress, n2doc Nov 2015 #11

The times, they are a changing Demeter Nov 2015 #13

They can balance the budget anytime they like n2doc Nov 2015 #12

It would be interesting to know the names in this "bipartisan" group. jalan48 Nov 2015 #4

Same here Newsjock Nov 2015 #5

they should all be arrested and charged with sedition. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #16

ALEC Star NM Rep Yvette Herrell... duhneece Nov 2015 #15

Yes, that's the focus of Charles Koch. Enough red state leges to do what Reid and Sanders revealed. freshwest Nov 2015 #18

repubs have used their 50 state strategy to control every more states unlike...dems who have msongs Nov 2015 #6

There is a reason there is no law for the Federal Government to have a balanced budget Samantha Nov 2015 #8

The same way we are all able to budget for catastrophic medical emergency visits/natural disaster Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2015 #17

The only one I really want to see is the wording changed to "All people" are created equal instead trillion Nov 2015 #9

Shouldn't that be more acurrately called a "redprint" for a Constitional Convention? marble falls Nov 2015 #14

I want a War Tax Amendment. Xithras Nov 2015 #19