(Alexandria, VA) - Today,across America, everyday people concerned with our nation’s fiscal future arerallying in favor of a “Cut, Cap, & Balance” approach to fixing the debtcrisis. As a co-organizer of the broad coalition supporting this policy, the NationalTaxpayers Union (NTU) has added the clout of its 362,000 members to many others (including over 180,000 “Cut, Cap, &Balance” citizen pledge signers) who are getting directly involved by visitingand calling the offices of their Congressmen and women this afternoon.
“The heated ‘inside the beltway’ rhetoric of recent days is nothingcompared to the grassroots support across the nation for meaningful spendingand budget reform,” said NTU Executive Vice President Pete Sepp, “Today’srallies will serve as a reminder that the American people want Washington tostop running up the credit card and calling it progress.”
NTU has fought hard for a Balanced Budget Amendment, the ‘Balance’aspect of “Cut, Cap, & Balance,” which could be particularly effective asit does not require the approval of the President.
Sepp concluded, “With federal expenditures projected to shoot past30 percent of GDP, and total debtcurrently hovering near 100 percent of GDP, the spending side of the ledger iswhere the flood of red ink must be stopped. Today Americans in communitiesthroughout our nation are taking time to make certain Congress hears this vitalmessage.”
To schedule an interview, orfor any questions, contact NTU Communications Manager Doug Kellogg at (703)299-8698 or dkellogg@ntu.org.
The362,000-member NTU is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working for lowertaxes, smaller government, and economic freedom at all levels. More informationon NTU’s work, is available at www.ntu.org.