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To: steve harris who wrote (440772)8/15/2011 6:09:29 PM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793969
 
I find the 75% rule more appealing than the balanced budget amendment idea. Obviously a balanced budget amendment would require provisions for quote emergency spending. Simply raising the voting requirement seems more straightforward than having an amendment and then having exceptions to it.

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