Tag: Erick Erickson

Cut, Cap, and Balance

It did not take long to find a web site dedicated to it, www.cutcapbalancepledge.com The Pledge is very simple:

Cut – Substantial cuts in spending that will reduce the deficit next year and thereafter.
Cap – Enforceable spending caps that will put federal spending on a path to a balanced budget.
Balance – Congressional passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — but only if it includes both a spending limitation and a super-majority for raising taxes, in addition to balancing revenues and expenses.
I think the pledge is the common sense position for a solution to our nation’s budgetary and debt crisis. Left unchecked