Preamble
Restoring Sanity, Discipline, and Confidence in the Fiscal Future of Our American Republic
Whereas, the survival of our Constitutional Republic depends upon the preservation of public trust, fiscal discipline, and responsible stewardship of the national treasury;
Whereas, successive Congresses have permitted the federal debt to grow without restraint, burdening future generations with obligations they neither created nor consented to bear;
Whereas, the once-sacred principle of apportionment among the several States according to their respective Numbers—the very safeguard that ensured equity and accountability in taxation—has been abandoned;
Whereas, the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments, though born of democratic impulse, unintentionally severed the States from their rightful place as guardians of fiscal prudence, thereby unchaining the Federal Government from its constitutional duty to balance revenue with expenditure;
Whereas, the restoration of fiscal order requires both Congress and the State Legislatures to recognize that public debt is not an abstraction but a personal liability shared by every lawful citizen;
Whereas, the Republic’s economic security, moral integrity, and international strength depend upon the confidence of the People in their Government’s honesty, restraint, and sound judgment;
Whereas, it is not through austerity or excess, but through transparency, accountability, and proportional responsibility that the American experiment in self-government endures;
Whereas, the apportionment of debt according to citizenship reaffirms that liberty is inseparable from duty, that the blessings of freedom are bound to the responsibilities of solvency, and that no generation may consume the inheritance of those yet unborn;
Whereas, the Congress, in concert with the Legislatures of the several States, is called to re-establish fiscal order, restore confidence in government, and preserve the blessings of liberty and prosperity for ourselves and our posterity—
Therefore, Be It Resolved:
That the United States shall return to the principles of sound governance by—
- Restoring the constitutional apportionment of the national debt among the several States according to the lawful citizen population of each;
- Creating protocols of taxation and service upon that debt, managed transparently through cooperation between the Federal and State Legislatures;
- Reaffirming that fiscal responsibility is the foundation of liberty, and that a balanced Republic requires both limited government and accountable stewardship;
- Restoring public confidence through open disclosure of the true cost of government, so that every citizen understands both their share of the burden and their role in its redemption.
Let it be known that in so doing, we restore not merely the balance sheet of a Nation, but the faith of its People in the justice and integrity of their Government.
For this Republic shall stand not upon debt and disorder, but upon discipline, duty, and the enduring promise of ordered liberty under God.
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