FFSF is leading the effort to support litigation by the states to enforce their Article V power to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment to the Constitution
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The Affordability Crisis is the Debt Crisis. jimrubens.substack.com/p/the…
The economic, moral, and constitutional imperatives for state action to limit national debt and thereby tame inflation and interest rates. jimrubens.substack.com/p/the…
“The bond vigilantes have come out of hibernation” says Johns Hopkins economist Steve Hanke, explaining this week’s spike in 10- and 30-year T-bond interest rates to the highest levels in 19 years. “It’s a deadly cocktail,” said Hanke. If Congress does not regulate its reckless fiscal policy, “bond investors will.”jimrubens.substack.com/p/bes…
Where Convention of States Shines jimrubens.substack.com/p/whe…
How to address skeptics' top two reservations about litigation to enforce state power to propose the needed fiscal responsibility amendment. open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
Lessons from the Swiss debt brake: lower inflation, lower interest rates, maybe better healthcare. open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
Amending organization collaboration is markedly increasing. Opinion leader consensus jells that the national debt crisis cannot be addressed without an amendment. Some firsts reported in this post.
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Listen to @steve_hanke. The single durable solution is a debt limit amendment to the US Constitution. The states must lead to get it. FFSF.us
I spoke with @Newsweek on the USA's $39 TRILLION national debt:
"The $39 trillion in national debt is an economic burden. Current taxpayers are required to pay through the nose for debts incurred before many of them were old enough to vote.”
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FFSF board member and economist Steve Hanke on why the framers gave us a republic rather than a democracy.
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State Finances Will Bear the Brunt of the Coming Fiscal Meltdown open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
About one dozen individuals have the power to stave off fiscal meltdown and become national heroes.
Top Four Reasons States Must Litigate To Enforce Article V open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
American Promise just chalked up one of this year’s milestone Article V wins. Republican Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-7) announced his sponsorship of H.J Res.191, which would restore to Congress and to the states power to set reasonable rules around money in politics, protect free speech rights, and legally distinguish between actual humans and artificial entities like SuperPACs and AIs. open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
Consensus emerges among opinion leaders. Amendment needed to address the national debt crisis and the states must lead to get it ratified. New poll: overwhelming public support to address political corruption.
AEI Debt Crisis Forum Highlights open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
June 3 AEI Event Mainstreams State Amending Power. Thank you, American Enterprise Institute. Now, persuade our wise fiscal heads to advocate that states litigate to enforce their power to propose the needed fiscal responsibility amendment. FFSF.us.
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Warning: alarmist video on the National Debt Crisis youtu.be/wvF9gq2P_RE?si=hQRq… via @YouTube
It is clear that constitutional strictures are needed to eliminate the federal government’s addiction to fiscal irresponsibility. As history has shown, nothing short of a constitutional constraint will firmly bind the hands of a Congress that has for half a century demonstrated that it cannot bind its own. fortune.com/2026/05/14/feder…
Out-of-state billionaire funded SuperPAC wants to defeat America-first Congressman Thomas Massie in Kentucky's $30 million GOP primary, this year's most expensive House primary. Needed solution? A constitutional amendment restoring power to the states, as they each may see fit, to set campaign money limits. Learn more at American Promise. open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
Debt Default: 3 Minutes To Midnight. The solution awaits state litigation to enforce existing state power to propose the needed fiscal limits amendment. open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…
Fortune op-ed: Will Trump Stop the Debt Crisis?
Term Limits Win in Arizona This Week open.substack.com/pub/jimrub…