Email from Senator Kay Hagan, Sept 26, 2011

Folks,

 

Senator Kay Hagan is against a Balanced Budget Amendment.  Might of fact, the Senator’s own viewpoint on how government would balance the budget is “to take in at least as much revenue each year as it spends”.  That is right folks!  Senator Hagan believes the only way to balance the budget is to increase revenues to match spending instead of just simply decrease spending.  The only way government can increase revenues is through increasing taxes or fees.  That is our far left liberal Senator in action!

 

Please post Senator Hagan’s response to our website.

 

Eric

 

 

From: senator_reply@hagan.senate.gov [mailto:senator_reply@hagan.senate.gov]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 9:48 AM
To: ebroyles@ec.rr.com
Subject: Balanced Budget Amendment

 

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     September 26, 2011

Dear Friend,

Thank you for contacting me to express your support for a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution. I appreciate your thoughts on this very important issue. I sincerely apologize for my delayed response.

There’s no doubt that Washington needs to get its fiscal house in order. You may be pleased to learn that the recently passed, bipartisan Budget Control Act of 2011 (S. 365) will reduce our budget deficits over the next ten years by at least $2.1 trillion. It meets that goal by immediately cutting spending by $917 billion over ten years, and establishes a new bipartisan Joint Select Committee charged with producing another $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction. To hold the new committee and Congress accountable for coming to a balanced agreement, automatic budget cuts will take effect in October 2012 if an agreement is not reached.

You may also be pleased to learn the Budget Control Act requires Congress to vote on a balanced budget amendment this fall. As you know, a balanced budget amendment would require the government to take in at least as much revenue each year as it spends. I take my oath to defend and protect the Constitution very seriously, and I closely scrutinize any proposed changes to our founding document. While I continue to believe that our budget deficits and debt are among the most critical national problems we now face,  I have concerns that amending the Constitution to fix it would restrict our ability to meet the needs of seniors and veterans as well as limit our ability to react to national emergencies. Getting our fiscal house in order shouldn’t require us to amend the Constitution. It just requires Congress to do its job.

Again, thank you for contacting my office. It is truly an honor to represent North Carolina in the United States Senate, and I hope you will not hesitate to contact me in the future should you have any further questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

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Kay R. Hagan