ENDORSEMENTS
George Will
Washington Post Columnist
"Do you believe a balanced-budget amendment is a required
response to the nature of today’s politics and governance, now
that the courts neglect to do their duty enforcing Congress’
adherence to the Constitution’s enumeration of powers? If so,
the Compact’s amendment is remarkably resistant to evasion. It
would use the Constitution’s Article V to move the nation back
toward the limited government the Constitution’s Framers thought
their document guaranteed.”
Judge Andrew Napolitano
Fox News Contributor/Constitutional Scholar
“To stop the insanity of an out-of-control federal government
fueled by limitless debt spending, States must unite behind the
Compact for a Balanced Budget.”
Hon. Sean Parnell
Governor, State of Alaska
“Now it is time the federal government takes the necessary
steps to address its out-of-control debt. America remains on an
unsustainable spending path and we cannot rely on Congress or
the president to fix this problem. A Balanced Budget Amendment
will be an effective tool to rein in federal spending and not saddle
future generations with our country’s debt.”
Hon. Paulette Braddock
Compact Commissioner/Legislator (GA)
“It is time to support the Compact for a Balanced Budget for the
same reasons President Ronald Reagan supported Nobel Laureate
Milton Friedman’s effort — only the states will originate a powerful balanced budget amendment. Left to its own devices, Congress will never tie its own hands.”
Hon. Lamar Smith
Congressman, State of Texas
“Congress on its own is unlikely to pass a constitutional amendment requiring the federal government to operate under a balanced budget. The States could have the power to advance this requirement through an interstate compact, a more orderly vehicle than a chaos-prone Constitutional Convention. I encourage the states to join into the Compact for America's interstate compact without delay, and send the Compact's enabling omnibus resolution to Congress for action.”
Hon. John Culberson
Congressman, State of Texas
“I support the tenets of the balanced budget amendment drafted
by the Compact for America as well as the vehicle it has devised
to initiate such an amendment – an interstate compact. It is
time to rein in federal spending, and one of the most effective
ways to do that would be with the adoption of a balanced budget
amendment.”
Mike Church
Sirius XM Radio Personality
"The only rational plan to amend the Constitution and begin the process of balancing the Federal budget is the Compact for America's."
Lawrence Reed
President, Foundation for Economic Education
"Don’t sit back and fret about runaway government. Get involved, take responsibility and help save the country. Support the Compact for America’s balanced budget amendment - easily the single best vehicle to stop the sin of spending recklessly today and burdening our children and grandchildren with the tab. Your conscience demands it!”
