Great News, America! Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) Says He Will Lead In Balancing the Budget

Now That Jon Tester Is Promising He ‘Will Lead Efforts To Balance The Federal Budget,’ Americans Are Sure To Get What They Want
Don’t Worry – He Promised His Home State He’d Come Through
“Jon Tester will lead efforts to balance the federal budget…” (“Real Change, Real Vision For Montana Plan,” Jon Tester Website, Accessed 7/14/11)

SEN. JON TESTER (D-MT): "It’s absolutely critical.My folks did not teach me to not have a fiscal balanced budget. It’s absolutely critical… Because I am of the belief that you take care of your own self and you don’t pass your debts on to your kids... Let’s be fiscally responsible. Let’s have a fiscally balanced budget." (Montana Senate Debate, 6/25/06)

TESTER SPOKESMAN: “Of course Jon supports a balanced budget…” (“Rehberg Chides Tester Over Budget-Balancing Vote,” Billings Gazette, 3/3/11)

Surveys Show A ‘Vast Majority Of Americans Favor Balanced Budget Amendment’“…there is overwhelming support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring a balanced budget… Interest in enacting a balanced budget amendment clearly has spiked due to the unprecedented increase of budget deficits in excess of $1.6 trillion.” (“Poll: Vast Majority of Americans Favor Balanced Budget Amendment,” Yahoo News, 5/27/11)

FOX NEWS: “Would you favor or oppose a balanced budget amendment -- that is, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require the federal government to produce a balanced budget? Favor: 72%; Oppose: 20%.” (Fox News Poll, 6/26-28/11)

SACHS / MASON-DIXON: “As the intense debate over the federal budget continues to dramatically unfold in Washington, a new Sachs/Mason-Dixon poll finds an overwhelming number of Americans would support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring Congress to pass a balanced budget every year.” (“Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll Finds Strong National Support For A Balanced Budget Amendment,” Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll, 5/27/11)

Q: “Do you support or oppose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring Congress to pass a balanced budget every year? Nation … Support 65%.” Ibid

“81 percent of Republicans, 68 percent of independents and 45 percent of Democrats support a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” Ibid

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