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Let's end the national debt.

An SI Board Since July 1999

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Emcee: Gersh Avery	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

I believe that there are enough influential people here on SI to cause a change in the way our government spends and collects money.

I further believe that the only way to change the amount of national debt is by way of constitutional ammendment.

Furthmore I believe that the most effective way to impact such change is to hold those who spend excess money personaly liable.

Such wording as:

At any time that spending shall exceed income, the saleries of all comgressmen, senitors, president, vice-president and cabinet members shall be cut in half until such excess spending has ended.

I have ideas about how such an amendment could be shoved down washingtons throat. Can we get suggestions about wording? Or for that matter any other suggestions?

Thanks

Gersh

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109	"Squandering the Surplus" Mortimer Zuckerman has a great editorial	Tadsamillionaire	-	8/7/1999
108	I think they'll raise the tax rates. Rostenkowski and the Democrats tried	Les H	-	7/31/1999
107	Les, Those graphs clearly show that there is nothing social or secure in thes	Berney	-	7/31/1999
106	Very nice link Les. Thank you very much. Gersh	Gersh Avery	-	7/30/1999
105	Social Security Unfunded Liabilities surfnet1.net Clinton and the other polit	Les H	-	7/30/1999
104	Transparency my friend our own brand of it.	Ahda	-	7/29/1999
103	Hi Zeev. If you leave out the trust fund activities, the federal government is	Gersh Avery	-	7/29/1999
102	Gersh, the problem , IMHO, is that the cash the Trust fund was paying for the t	Zeev Hed	-	7/29/1999
101	So then .. there is about $150 billion missing, correct? OK .. I know .. its n	Gersh Avery	-	7/29/1999
100	perhaps one of the tenets of this thread should be to lay out the assets and li	Casaubon	-	7/28/1999
99	I think we should keep Lawyers out of Congress, as they are all ready represent	Tadsamillionaire	-	7/28/1999
98	Gersh, these figures confuse me as well, and both the Republican and Democrats	Zeev Hed	-	7/28/1999
97	I thought Greenspans responses were great today. I liked the response th	Tadsamillionaire	-	7/28/1999
96	Zeev, Arguing with someone who habitually responds to arguments by mischaracter	Fangorn	-	7/28/1999
95	Steven, in lieu of engaging (again) in :abel stamping, why don't you engage	Zeev Hed	-	7/28/1999
94	Zeev, My only problem was that you were espousing tired old LIBERAL canards whi	Fangorn	-	7/28/1999
93	Steven, what a surprise, you sound like a libertarian that believes in controll	Zeev Hed	-	7/28/1999
92	Zeev, Given your lack of response to my question I guess it is safe to assume	Fangorn	-	7/28/1999
91	So maybe the key would be to apply those left-over campaign funds to the debt i	Berney	-	7/28/1999
90	Well . I'm guessing here .. so if I get it wrong please let me know. Of	Gersh Avery	-	7/28/1999
89	Gersh, I understand your motivations to make these idiots personally responsibl	Berney	-	7/28/1999
88	<<The only way to stop the spending is to stop giving the congress money	Larry Brubaker	-	7/28/1999
87	Hi Tim Thanks for stopping in. I think that things are just starting to get w	Gersh Avery	-	7/28/1999
86	Gersh, this is a great thread. I must agree that we are indeed in deep doo.doo	Tadsamillionaire	-	7/28/1999
85	A note about deficit spending. Berney was kind enough to dig up the figures.	Gersh Avery	-	7/27/1999

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