But, it's always war

My latest post on the Blog at Mises.org:

But, it's always war
Jim Fedako

The Ohio legislature is considering a joint resolution "[a]pplying to the Congress of the United States pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to call a constitutional convention for proposing amendments." Should this resolution pass both state houses, only one more state is required before a convention must be called.

The stated reason for the Ohio resolution in support of a convention: "First, the amendment shall require the President to submit and the Congress to adopt only balanced budgets for all federal programs and agencies, except in times of war." But it's always war. At least is has been for the past seven years.

The so-called balanced budget amendment has no teeth to take on its stated reason, but it will open the Constitution -- and what is left of Liberty -- to all sorts of abuses and usurpations. Keep in mind that the last convention struck the first blow against Liberty, so one can only imagine where the next one will go.

Note: Even the Soviet Union had constitutions.