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To: Jim S who wrote (17022)	1/26/2007 12:42:21 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 71588

Re: "I hope you're right. My fear is that by the time such an amendment could be passed (a multi-year process), it will be too late, and there may not be a Constitution to amend." Clearly... the benefits from putting STRUCTURAL RESTRAINTS against constant government over-spending would mostly benefit the next (& all future) generations. Like a game of 'musical chairs', over-spending actually seems (because the harms, although guaranteed, are long-term, while the gratifications are immediate) to benefit current generations --- until the music stops. "From what I've seen, our politicians will contine with business as usual until the horse has run itself to death, and then try to place the blame elsewhere." You'll get no argument from me over that point!