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Chuck Norris Calls on the States to Defy Obama

June 6, 2015 By Colleen Conley

There used to be a street named after Chuck Norris, but it was changed because nobody crosses Chuck Norris and lives.

Let’s hope that the federal government doesn’t cross Chuck Norris, who is really irked at the spendthrift ways in which Washington conducts our business.

In an article he wrote for WND, the legendary action star came out in favor of an Article V constitutional convention, in which the states could come out in force to finally control federal fiscal insanity.

Wrote Norris:

“Washington’s out-of-control outlays remind me of the words of President Ronald Reagan, who said, ‘We could say they spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  A constitutional balanced budget amendment, or BBA, is not a new idea, and neither is the states’ push for such legislation.

“However, what could be new to many Americans is just how close its enactment is to becoming reality. Unknown to many, 25 states have already called for the convention to add the BBA, and only nine more states (34 in total, or two-thirds) are required to force the convention.”

Many state legislators are fearful of a BBA because they fear “that it would put the U.S. economy in further jeopardy during recessions or years with lower federal revenue by forcing policymakers to cut spending, raise taxes or both; hence, ultimately leading to higher deficits and a weaker economy, or so they say.”

But Washington’s current path of spending is unsustainable, and is a threat to our national security. According to University of Colorado economist Barry Poulson,“The Congressional Budget Office projects that under current law over the next 25 years federal spending will increase to 36 percent of national income.”

Norris believes, as do many economists, that we cannot ait any longer to rein in our national spending.  He wrote, “If we wait another decade to constrain spending the task of balancing the federal budget becomes insurmountable. By then the economy will be stagnating; and eliminating deficits will require that federal spending be cut in half, something that will never happen.”

Said the superstar,

“The window to stop and correct the economic chaos perpetuated by Washington is narrow and passing.”

“Without intervention, Washington will spiral our economy to its point of no return. All other solutions for economic federal restraint or solvency have proven fruitless, despite the best of intentions of some.

“The only way to save our posterity from inevitable economic peril is to enact this BBA as soon as possible. There is no reasonable alternative.”

It’s time for states to get on board with the BBA and call for a Constitutional Convention.  This is one of the reasons that the Founding Fathers intended the states to wield most of the power in our nation, with federal powers strictly enumerated in the Constitution.  Washington DC is a train set on a collision course; it is up to the people, starting at the level of the states, to right our nation’s path to economic sustainability.