[Lnc-business] Resolution condemning the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

As Tim Hagan stated, this is better handled as an LP national press 
release.

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Elizabeth Van Horn
LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
Chair-Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
http://www.lpcaucus.org/

On 2019-08-01 21:18, Tim Hagan via Lnc-business wrote:
> You are correct, John. Second Whereas is cumbersome.
> Other notes:
> First paragraph, delete the hyphen in "two-years".
> Second and third paragraphs redundantly use both the sign "$" and word
> "Dollars".
> The first Resolved reads that the LNC is okay with an increase to the
> debt ceiling as long as it's tied to spending cuts. I'd prefer to 
> delete
> "not tied to spending cuts".
> 
> I believe this can be more quickly and efficiently handled with a press
> release.
> 
> ---
> Tim Hagan
> Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
> 
> On 2019-08-01 17:47, John Phillips via Lnc-business wrote:
> 
>> I like the overall, some of the wording feels a bit cumbersome, but 
>> that may just be my long day talking.
>> 
>> John Phillips
>> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>> Cell 217-412-5973
>> 
>> On Aug 1, 2019 7:35 PM, Richard Longstreth via Lnc-business 
>> <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Fellow LNC Members,
>>> 
>>> I have received a resolution request from a member in my Region. I 
>>> will
>>> paste the text here and hope to get timely cosponsorship for a vote. 
>>> I
>>> welcomed suggestions if there are any objections.
>>> 
>>> *A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE DEBT CEILING EXTENSION AND OUT OF 
>>> CONTROL
>>> SPENDING*
>>> 
>>> WHEREAS the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 extends the debt ceiling 
>>> for
>>> two-years, allowing nearly limitless borrowing from the Federal 
>>> Reserve.
>>> 
>>> WHEREAS the act does not include any caps on spending or spending 
>>> cuts,
>>> continuing record-breaking deficits totaling $1 Trillion Dollars a 
>>> year.
>>> 
>>> WHEREAS the U.S. Government is already $22 Trillion Dollars in debt, 
>>> which
>>> burdens future generations without their consent.
>>> 
>>> WHEREAS the Republicans and Democrats routinely work together to 
>>> continue
>>> the deficit and grow the debt.
>>> 
>>> WHEREAS the Libertarian Party calls for passage of a "Balanced Budget
>>> Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution, providing the budget is balanced
>>> exclusively by cutting expenditures and not by raising taxes.
>>> 
>>> BE IT RESOLVED the Libertarian National Committee condemns the 
>>> Bipartisan
>>> Budget Act of 2019 and any increase to the debt ceiling not tied to
>>> spending cuts.
>>> 
>>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that while both Republicans and Democrats work
>>> together to grow the debt, only the Libertarian Party is committed to
>>> cutting wasteful spending and balancing the budget.
>>> 
>>> Richard Longstreth
>>> Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)
>>> Libertarian National Committee
>>> richard.longstreth at lp.org
>>> 931.538.9300
>>> 
>>> Sent from my Mobile Device