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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (683206)	5/23/2005 4:23:23 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"We need a Constitutional Amendment to control spending. ...Politicians cannot say no. ...After all money has no cost to them." I agree completely and absolutely. There MUST be some sort of serious structural impediment to the endless growth of the federal government --- fueled by unconstrained deficit spending --- and the most serious impediment that I can imagine would be a Constitutional restriction. Our founding fathers always expected that the Constitution would have to grow and adapt to maintain it's way through changing times... which is why they included three different ways for amendments to be brought about. I believe that our experience in the past few decades (as the national debt has soared, and government's growth remains unconstrained) has illustrated the problem that faces our nation... and since every other effort to resolve the problem politically has failed, we are left with the last best choice: amend the Constitution.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (683206)	5/23/2005 8:19:58 PM
From: Mana	Respond to of 769670

Maybe if we tied their pay to performance. For every percentage over budget their salary could be reduced by a percent. If, at the end of the fiscal year, there is a surplus, they should get a bonus. Wages they receive from being a senator means very little. Most are already very wealthy coming into the game. It is power they crave. Decrease their power in some manner and maybe they will start to work for the people. Maybe a two term limit for Senators would help. At least it would get rid of people like Teddy "the Chappaquiddick mangler" Kennedy