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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (34560)	4/2/2009 11:43:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

You are probably correct that it may not be easy to write an Amendment that requires spending cuts rather than just a balanced budget. Maybe a maximum increase per year in real per capita terms, or a maximum percentage of GDP or any other national income or production stat you like. But while I suppose that might be workable I don't like setting spending levels by constitutional amendment. Amendments should mostly be about broad principles. Also any such amendment would be very hard to pass, and then hard to keep once you pass it.