Hat tip to De for putting this link in his "Top 5". I would back this, wouldn't you? And you know what? If we had HONORABLE representatives, they would vote for a "too high" deficit when we had a real emergency and then ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES with their chins held high. But we mostly don't: We mostly have the most scummy, self-serving creatures in all of humanity "serving" as "public serpents".
http://amgreatness.com/2025/06/06/mike-lee-proposes-constitutional-amendment-to-oust-congress-when-deficit-is-too-high/
Mike Lee is a great Senator, and under appreciated for his principled stance on tough issues. I wish he was my Senator (but not enough to move to Utah right now).
Excerpt:
"Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has proposed a constitutional amendment that would make all members of Congress ineligible to run for reelection “whenever inflation exceeds 3%” or when the deficit exceeds 3% of gross domestic product (GDP).
The proposal revives an idea first suggested by Warren Buffett more than 10 years ago in which Buffett suggested he could “end the deficit in five minutes” by disqualifying lawmakers based on the nation’s economic health.
In a post on X, Lee wrote, “It’s better to disqualify politicians than for an entire nation to suffer under the yoke of inflation.” (continues)
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