Dear John,

Fiscal hawks are already scheming about what they will do if they win control of Congress in the mid-term elections. At the top of their list of priorities is launching yet another attempt to ram through a Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment which would amend the U.S. Constitution to require draconian spending cuts to earned benefit programs.

The National Committee has warned in the past that such an amendment would be a colossally dangerous idea because it could lead to devastating benefit cuts. While we support responsible government budgeting, we oppose a balanced budget amendment because the measure would significantly harm the economy and almost certainly force severe cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other vital federal programs.

This dangerous proposal has consistently threatened earned benefit programs when deficits have climbed out of control — in the 1990s, in 2003, in 2004, and again in 2006 and 2007 when Congress reacted to record-breaking deficits fueled in part by President George W. Bush’s tax and spending policies. And each time, the National Committee helped defeat this disastrous bill.

With so much hanging in the balance, please help us wage a winning battle now and in the future for your earned benefits by chipping in a gift in whatever amount you can afford today!

Sincerely,

Max Richtman
President & CEO