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OPPONENTS of a balanced- budget amendment like to say that it clashes with the wisdom of the Framers. But the reason the Founding Fathers did not include a balanced-budget requirement in the Constitution is that they felt it would be superfluous. The idea that government budgets should be balanced, except during emergencies, was so widespread that anyone who suggested otherwise would have been considered a fool.

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RANDOM WALK

OPPONENTS of a balanced- budget amendment like to say that it clashes with the wisdom of the Framers. But the reason the Founding Fathers did not include a balanced-budget requirement in the Constitution is that they felt it would be superfluous. The idea that government budgets should be balanced, except during emergencies, was so widespread that anyone who suggested otherwise would have been considered a fool.