Ironically, there is only one place in the budget where additional cuts of that magnitude could possibly come from, and that is the health care entitlements - Medicare and Medicaid. A heavy dose of reality is also in order here. Exempting Social Security from the balanced budget requirement would write a deficit allowance equal to the program's long-term operating shortfall into the Constitution. Quite frankly, any exemption to the balanced budget amendment would complicate its judicial interpretation and make its enforcement more difficult. But the exemption for Social Security is not necessary.
Every federal tax brings revenue to the government, and every federal program costs money.
No program, no matter how important or popular, should be freed from having to compete with other programs by giving it Constitutional stature. The Concord Coalition web pages were designed by Marla Parker and Krista Reymann . These pages are now maintained by Craig Cheslog .