Dan Murray, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, released the following statement today concerning HCR 5010 and SCR 1603, legislation supporting a federal balanced budget amendment.
“Washington could learn a lesson for Kansas’ small businesses. Small-business owners know you have to live within your means. You have to stick to a budget. You can’t spend money you don’t have.
“Washington doesn’t get it. Washington thinks if you want to spend more money, you either raise taxes or go deeper and deeper into debt and let our kids and grandkids sort it out later. That has to stop.
“That’s why NFIB/Kansas supports HCR 5010 and SCR 1603. This legislation authorizes state delegates to attend a limited convention of the states, as authorized by Article V of the U.S. Constitution, solely for the purpose of proposing a federal balanced budget amendment.
“Thirty-four states must authorize such a convention. Twenty-six have done so already; 38 states would have to approve any agreed-upon language in order to ratify the amendment and change the U.S. Constitution.
“HCR 5010 and SCR 1603 are a critical first step in solving our nation’s budget problems. If small-business owners in Kansas can stick to a budget, so can our politicians in Washington.”
NFIB/Kansas is the state’s leading small-business association with over 4,000 dues-paying members representing a cross section of the state’s economy. Learn more at www.NFIB.com/KS or follow @NFIB_KS on Twitter.
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