1. United States
2. Ala.
3. Letter

Good job, you useless seat fillers have run us broke. INSOLVENT. Congress is so worthless, that the branch of government responsible for managing our money is INSOLVENT. YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO YOUR STATE AND YOUR COUNTRY. First, Congress should pass the bipartisan H.R. 3289 — Fiscal Commission Act, sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA), and 41 co-sponsors. Such a commission would force a public reckoning with the facts, the trade-offs, and the hard choices that restoring fiscal health requires. Second, Congress should call an Article V Convention limited to proposing a fiscal responsibility amendment to the U.S. Constitution. H.Con.Res. 15, sponsored by Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX), would do exactly that. Modeled on Switzerland’s Debt Brake, such an amendment would mandate a balanced budget over the business cycle and prohibit federal spending from growing faster than the U.S. economy. These two bills represent the most credible path forward — if Congress has the will to act.