The American Conservative Union has sent a letter to Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) supporting H.R. 500, the "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007."
This legislation provides significant reductions in pay for Members of Congress each year that the congress approves expenditures that exceed federal revenues. In other words, it places the pain of of deficit spending right where it belongs--in the Members' of Congress own wallets.
The American people demand that Congress stop the run away federal spending that has resulted in a federal debt of $8.7 trillion. Until Members of Congress place the responsibility for unconscionable deficit spending on themselves and suffer the pain that this spending inflicts on their own pocketbooks, the likelihood of seeing any real fiscal discipline in Washington appears to be nil.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
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