Start With the Budget?

[DanielX]

Nay.

[DanielX]

Would any Senator like to introduce a bill declaring war on a random nation in order to evade the balanced budget requirement?  If so, we must get a 2/3rds majority to delay working on the budget, then get a majority on bumping the war bill up in the agenda, then pass the war bill.

Yes. Let's declare war on Sealand.

Submit a bill then

You won't need to... I'm sure my bill will free up plenty in the budget. BWAHWAHWAHWA!!!!!

[DanielX]

You won't need to... I'm sure my bill will free up plenty in the budget. BWAHWAHWAHWA!!!!!

The point of having a balanced budget is to make the country better-off, not dead with a $3 trillion surplus.

Then we could chip away at the national debt.

Yeah. I have an idea: instead of taxes, the government can invest in the stock and bond markets to fund its activities.