{"id":27542,"date":"2016-02-07T13:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T18:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27542"},"modified":"2016-02-07T13:55:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T18:55:35","slug":"a-reasonable-plan-to-balance-the-federal-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27542","title":{"rendered":"A Reasonable Plan To Balance The Federal Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the U.S. Constitution<\/a>, all spending bills originate in the House of Representatives. Therefore, constitutionally the House of Representatives controls government spending<\/a>. In recent years, voters concerned about the amount of government spending and the rapidly increasing federal deficit<\/a> have sent people to Congress<\/a> that promised to shrink government and cut spending. Evidently there is something in the water in Washington, D.C., because as soon as those elected representatives<\/a> get to Washington, they forget why there were elected. There are a few exceptions, but they are few. One Representative<\/a> may have the answer to this problem.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about legislation<\/a> introduced on Friday by Iowa<\/a> Republican Rep. Rod Blum.<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

Iowa Republican Rep. Rod Blum introduced legislation Friday\u00a0that would decrease congressional members\u2019 salaries annually until the national budget is balanced.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawmakers\u2019 pay would be docked 5 percent the first year and an additional 10 percent each year after, according to the legislation.\u00a0The\u00a0Fiscal Responsibility Act<\/a> of 2016 would restore compensation levels upon the closure of the\u00a0deficit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Representative Blum explained that there need to be consequences when Congress mismanages resources. In the private sector, there are consequences. Thus far, in Congress there are not consequences. That needs to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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