Sunday, March 06, 2005
Real Impeachable Offenses
There are those who claim that the Social Security trust fund will be empty in the middle of the next decade. Since the trust fund holdings are US Treasury bonds, those people are saying that the US will not honor the obligation to make good on those bonds.
If those people are sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution, they should re-read Amendment 14 of that document:
"Amendment 14, Section. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. "
If those people are sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution, they should re-read Amendment 14 of that document:
"Amendment 14, Section. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. "