Do you think some of the Tea Party members in the House would vote

[Tony_FLADEM]

for the bill if it included the Balanced Budget Amendment. I might consider including that if some of them would vote for it.

[MadHound]

1. 2.8 trillion in cuts, with the BBA, what,

You want to see the economy completely crashed, and the middle class thrown into the abyss for generations?

[Tony_FLADEM]

2. I don't agree with the BBA

If it got ratified by 3/4 of the states which is uncertain that would be in 10+ years. This is just to ensure it can pass the House of Representatives. If it were short of votes in the House, you might want to consider including it.

[MadHound]

4. It would get ratified, and right quick

After all, forty nine states have some form of a BBA. A BBA would force spending cuts in the middle of economic slumps, and is part of the reasons so many states have been hit hard in this last downturn. Thanks, but I don't want to consider economic suicide. I would rather have no deal, which would force the Congress to vote on a clean debt ceiling bill at the last minute, or force the president to pull the trigger on the 14th amendment.

[Deep13]

3. I don't know, but the BBA is a terrible idea.

It gives Congress no flexibility regardless of the situation. Can anyone image the U.S. govt. being hobbled by such a thing during the Great Depression or W.W.2?

[adhd_what_huh]

5. fucktards would eat dirt if it had a BBA in it