[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


TEN REASONS WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, the top 10 reasons why the American 
people deserve a balanced budget amendment:
  No. 10, fiscal discipline does not work.
  No. 9, we need to make it as difficult to get into debt as it is 
going to be to get out of it.
  No. 8, the national debt is $4.6 trillion and climbing.
  No. 7, 80 percent of the American people want it.
  No. 6, since the people cannot raise their annual income just to meet 
their bills, Congress should not be able to either.
  No. 5, contrary to Democratic rhetoric, tax increases may have never 
balanced the budget.
  No. 4, it is in the Contract With America.
  No. 3, businesses balance their budgets, families balance their 
budgets. Now it is time for the House of Representatives to balance the 
budget.
  No. 2, if we do not pass a balanced budget amendment, even Big Bird 
will not be able to teach our young children to count as high as the 
debt is going.
  And the No. 1 reason why the American people deserve a balanced 
budget amendment: Because it would protect the Social Security trust 
fund from tax-and-spend bureaucrats.

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