Op-Eds

Sadly, our nation is facing a spending-driven debt crisis that was entirely preventable. Our $14 trillion deficit is a national security risk that holds our entire economy, as well as the health and welfare of future generations, hostage. We must put our nation back on the path towards a balanced budget.

In 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Virginia Senator John Taylor that “I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government; I mean an additional article taking from the Federal Government the power of borrowing.”

Clearly, a Balanced Budget Amendment is long-overdue. We cannot continue to recklessly spend today so that our children and grandchildren can pick-up the bill tomorrow. Every child born today already owes more than $46,000 to our government’s creditors.

It’s time to stop spending money we don’t have. A constitutional mandate to pass a balanced budget every year would force Congress to only spend what it takes in. No more borrowing from China; no more taxing future generations, just common-sense fiscal policy to permanently change the culture of spending in Washington. Families across Kentucky know how to live within their means; it’s time their government does too.

You can show your support for a balanced budget amendment by visiting www.americaspeakingout.com or www.guthrie.house.gov and submitting your thoughts.