Subj: Pass the Balanced Budget Amendment Now! And don't tax churches... Dear Senator or Representative: We the undersigned respectfully petition you to PASS and AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION REQUIRING A BALANCED BUDGET. The $14.5 Trillion Debt now equals 100% of America's $14.5 Trillion Gross Domestic Product. Your own CBO confirms we face national bankruptcy by the year 2021. Cut spending now! 81 percent of Americans favor a balanced budget, 65 percent favor a balanced budget amendment, 69 percent favor spending cuts, and 66 percent favor spending caps. Why doesn't Congress? The federal government is too big. By simply returning to 2004 spending levels, you could balance the budget now! Freeze spending, don't grow it. We know your phony "debt ceiling deal" didn't cut spending, it only slowed the rate of growth, adding $8 Trillion to the debt by 2022. Don't lie to us. The S&P downgrade of our credit rating is YOUR fault, as S&P said, because the national debt is too big, and still growing. You must reduce the real debt, WITHOUT TAXING CHURCHES OR CHARITIES, or eliminating charitable deductions for donors, no matter what their income level. We oppose President Obama's horrible tax plan to end some charitable tax deductions, effectively taking our money out of the church offering plate, or depriving 501c3 charities that care for the poor. You must never again raise the debt ceiling, stop hurting charities or their donors, don't raise taxes, and pass the BBA now! Please sign the Cut-Cap-Balance Pledge, and pass the Balanced Budget Amendment that will: Cut - Substantial cuts in spending that will reduce the deficit next year and thereafter. Cap - Enforceable spending caps that will put federal spending on a path to a balanced budget. Balance - Congressional passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- but only if it includes both a spending limitation and a super-majority for raising taxes, in addition to balancing revenues and expenses. We will score your vote and fax it to nearly every pastor in your state. Respectfully, [YOUR NAME] [ADDRESS] [CITY], [STATE] [ZIP] Concerned Citizen