Proposed Balanced Budget Amendment Is a Fraud

• By Stan Collender
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• July 19, 2011, Midnight

It’s hard to believe that the House is planning to debate yet another proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, an idea that was so discredited so long ago that it is typically discussed by constitutional scholars, economists and budget experts in tones and words that at best indicate ridicule, scorn and contempt.