Our federal budget is pockmarked with programs that do not work as intended, whose missions are obsolete, and have grown out of control. The Balanced Budget Amendment would force the government to prioritize programs, and then perform with better results. It would force us to consider the future of our children and grandchildren, instead of passing on a debt that will require them to pay 80 percent of their income to taxes. The American citizens do have a responsibility to become informed voters. However, the campaign finance reform proposals I have seen thus far are another example of big government solutions.
Big government wants to increase the government's bureaucracy to further control peoples' lives.
If the voters are apathetic and uninformed, we get unbalanced budgets, and more government mandates and regulation. America's political system works best when the citizens participate and hold their elected public officials accountable.