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Old 07-02-2025, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
I missed that in constitutional law class. Could you please point that out in the Constitution (of the United States of America).
It is NOT SPECIFICALLY mentioned in the constitution, but the 14th amendment says basically that the US should avoid DEBT. Thomas Jefferson wrote many times that debt should be avoided. So did James Madison and George Washington. Basically, the Founding Fathers worried about responsible Fiscal management.