Austin Constitution Meetup

Discussion of constitutional issues and events. Location is the North Village Branch Library at 2505 Steck, Austin, Texas. Please donate by clicking on [url=http://constitution.org/donate/donate.htm]PayPal[/url]. It costs money to keep this meetup going. All of you need to help, even if only $10 per meetup, whether you attend or not.

Topics for this meetup:

Pushing the debt limit

What are the likely results if Congress cannot agree on raising the debt ceiling, and what will be the impact on our lives? If the ceiling is not raised, can the Federal Reserve just generate currency without buying bonds with it?

Funding the Constitution

Efforts to defend the Constitution have traditionally had great difficulty raising money. There are a few well-funded efforts like the Heritage Foundation and the Cato institute, but they get most of their money from a few large donors. The Ron Paul campaign is able to raise large sums from many small donors (and seems to compete with other efforts in that), but without a candidate for public office, money for the cause is difficult to get. We will examine various fundraising methods to see what works and what doesn't, and for what causes.