You don't vote on the amendment.
You vote on the people who do.
A limit on the debt, written into the Constitution by 2030.
50 Million Americans (50MA) is building a count, district by district, of voters who have made a constitutional limit on the debt a condition of their vote.
The goal is an amendment to the Constitution that holds the federal debt to a sustainable share of the economy. Congress would still decide what to spend money on and how to raise it. The amendment sets the limit, and lawmakers work out how to stay under it.
Why the Constitution, and not just a law? Congress has passed all of its spending bills on time four times since World War II. A rule Congress writes for itself is a rule Congress can skip, and it has had a lot of practice.
An amendment can start in Congress or at a convention called by the states. Either way, elected officials have to vote yes, first to propose it and then in 38 state legislatures to ratify it. Every one of those officials answers to voters in a specific district.
That is where you come in. When you sign, we match your address to your congressional district and your state house and state senate districts. Candidates see how many people in their district have signed. They never see your name. A number that grows every week in a candidate's own district is hard to ignore, and it gets harder in an election year.
"I am deciding that a constitutional limit on the debt is a condition of my vote.
If a candidate will not vote for the amendment, I will not vote for that candidate."
It takes about a minute. We ask for your name and street address so we can count you in the right districts, and that is the only thing we use them for.
Pick the page that fits you and sign there.
The pledge is the same on every page.
We The Inheritors
18 to 30
I'm inheriting this debt. I'm at the start of my financial life and I'll carry it the longest.
Sign as an Inheritor →We The Providers
30 to 55
Kids on one side, parents on the other. I'm holding up both ends and the bill keeps growing.
Sign as a Provider →We The Elders
55 and up
Retired, or close. I held up my end. Now I'd like my grandkids to inherit a country, not a bill.
Sign as an Elder →