AMAC Polls

Hot Dawg 327

It's not an income problem. It's a spending problem. DUH!!

Mist Carter 216

Can you remember when Congress actually followed their own guidelines and procedures on the legislative process? You know, it’s when a bill is introduced, then referred to the appropriate sub-committee. If accepted, it is then presented to the full committee for review. If the full committee votes to approve the bill, then the majority leadership of the House or the Senate decides to place a bill on the calendar for consideration by all members, which includes the “floor debate stage.” Ah, you remember that stage…or do you? You probably don’t because it is rarely, if ever used. Now days, a bill comes out of the full committee where it goes to print – often containing thousands of pages of pork, minutia, special-interest garbage, and woke earmarks conveniently stuffed into the belly of the hog-wash bill. And to think, we are nearing the start of fiscal 2027 (October 1st), so this budgeting process should have begun in September of 2026. But, like all good little legislators, they wait until the last minute – perhaps so they don’t have to read the thousands and thousands of pages contained in the bills. Instead they kick the can down the road with “Continuing Resolutions” or CR’s. Actually CR should stand for “Constant Reneging” on the duties for which they were elected to perform. If our elected legislators want their “high on the hog” pork-filled earmark, then submit single-issue or stand-alone bills. That would certainly bring transparency to the surface, and would certainly affect re-election outcomes for many radical left members of Congress. The annual budget should contain the bare minimum to actually keep the government doing the limited tasks set forth by our founders. All other bills should be single-issue or stand-alone bills, period! That way, true examination and debate can be presented, and sane votes can take place…ya know, the real legislative process. Simply put, it is a failure to legislate! We cannot last as a republic with this massive national debt. Our Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves, especially Alexander Hamilton, our first Treasury Secretary who favored a limited, controllable debt, and stated, “A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.” Well, our nation is in crisis. Vote as if your life depends on it, because it just might. Vote for people who will truly legislate, the way our Founders intended. And why not lean on the Almighty – His ways are always wise! “For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.” Deuteronomy 15:6