Rep. Pitts discusses a recent study showing that tax revenue has remained steady at 20 percent of GDP for six decades, showing the need for a Spending Limit Amendment to keep government within sensible bounds.
Washington- Rep. Joe Pitts (PA-16) is cosponsoring legislation that would amend the Constitution to limit federal government spending to 20 percent of the economic output of the United States. The spending limit would be waived only with the agreement of two-thirds of both the House and Senate or by declaration of war.
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JOE, I’M WITH YOU FOR SMALLER GOVERNMENT. AT AGE 72, I ALSO AM OF THE OPINION THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY WAS GOOD BUT THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS GETTING GRAY HAIR. FOR US TO SURVIVE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST BE PREPARED TO GOVERN AND NOT TO JOCKEY FOR POSITION FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. AND GIVEN THE STATE OF ENTITLEMENT IN OUR SOCIETY, I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DO THAT.
Question–Is the Federal Government able to syphon-off money in Pennsylvania departments such as Welfare, Education, Labor, or Transportation and use that money for the Federal Government’s own agendas or needs?
I agree, we need to limit govt’s spending, Big Govt= Socialism, we don’t need a socialist state, but a more democratic one.
Paul Lucas