Show Pay as you go constitutional amendment I By Sen Jake Garn GarnOn GarnOn GarnOn On February 22 President Carter submitted his revised fiscal year 1978 budget to the Congress While we were expecting expecting expecting ex ex- ex- ex healthy increases what we got fairly takes the breath away The President added billion to President Fords Ford's proposed budget Mr Fords Ford's budget contained a whopping billion 47 deficit which I 1 could not support But President Carter now proposes to increase that deficit by nearly billion ll which I 1 think is absolutely outlandish The President Is making his his' pr proposal osti slim stimulating the economy There is every indication that in the same interest the Congress will go the President some better Indeed it is clear that the Congress will adopt a budget resolution even larger than needed to accommodate the Presidents President's request If our economy is to survive if our national treasury is to maintain its worth if we are to stop inflating our currency and robbing the poor and elderly and those on fixed incomes of their buying power if we are to stop destroying the value of municipal bonds and investments investments investments invest invest- ments and destroying the incentive incentive incentive in in- and will to save and invest the then we must put a tighter lighter lid on Federal spending If we do not stop this fiscal madness the day will come when the people will have had enough We see already indications indications indications in in- that the reckoning is ishad ishad ishad had to close Friday March 4 Doug Walters left for Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many Friday March 4 where he has been transferred His wife Sharon and son will be staying with Sharon's parents Mr 11 and Mrs 1 Allen They plan on joining him in approximately twelve weeks Mr 11 and Mrs Norman Long and Jana Tinker were in Salt Lake City February 24 to attend the thc temple marriage of their daughter and son law Terell and Sheryl Collett Superintendent Long and wife Joyce attended the AASA convention in Las Vegas Nevada Feb 25 2528 The theme of the cOl conference was Advocate Advocate Advocate Ad for Youth Some of the convention speakers included Carla Hills former secretary of HUD Jack Anderson syndicated syndicated syndicated syn syn- columnist and Rev Hev Oral Roberts The Longs enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed the convention and all the sights of Las Vegas not far off Strong movements have been mounted in several states to adopt amendments to State constitutions limiting the State tax take to 25 percent of income A nationwide movement to accomplish the same goal has been formed Until Congress is willing to put its own house in order to learn that there must be a time for saying No to special interest interest in in- terest groups who seek increased increased increased in in- creased government spending in their behalf the people we weare weare weare are supposed to be servin serving as members of Congress will continue to lose faith in us and continue t to distrust us In order to tr tr f problem of vast overspending I have joined in sponsoring a constitutional amendment w which would except in times of specified emergency require that the Federal budget be balanced This is an effort that thatis is critical even though I do not see the Congress ready to exercise the will it will will take to toen en enact ct the bill and to bring about the spending and taxing pol policies cies necessary to make it a reality The nation cannot continue in its way of seemingly endless spending Somewhere we must call a halt The Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment Amendment Amend Amend- ment will likely be dismissed as unrealistic and radical It is radical in that it gets to the root of the problem But in extreme circumstances laying laying the axe axet t r entirely appropriate In no other way are we likely to stop the growth of the Federal forest |