The Balanced Budget Amendment Isn’t Just A Terrible Idea, It’s A Terrible Idea For Conservatives

The Balanced Budget Amendment Isn’t Just A Terrible Idea, It’s A Terrible Idea For Conservatives: pLater today, the House is expected to begin debate on a balanced budget amendment, with most of the amendment’s supporters hoping that it will impose sweeping and permanent austerity upon the United States. As ThinkProgress reported, if this amendment actually succeeded in balancing the budget entirely through spending cuts, it would “throw about 15 million [...]/p