Sun Jun 18, 2017, 10:10 AM
turbinetree (8,161 posts)
The Koch Brothers Want To Rewrite The Constitution. They May Succeed.
The Wisconsin Assembly votes Wednesday on whether to call for a convention to change the U.S. Constitution. While that in itself is surprising — the American people have never exercised their legally enshrined right to convene a new Constitutional convention — what’s more surprising is that pro-business groups with ties to the Koch brothers have pushed for similar legislation in more than 30 states, and they’ve been remarkably successful: A dozen states have passed bills calling for a convention that would produce an altered Constitution that would likely limit federal spending and power.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/koch-brothers-want-rewrite-constitution-may-succeed/ We the people really need to take back this country from the kleptocracy / plutocracy that is unfolding right before our eyes, and Wisconsin is a "good" place to start, and then Michigan
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turbinetree | Jun 2017 | #4 |
Response to turbinetree (Original post)
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 10:34 AM
Phoenix61 (4,035 posts)
1. Why do you think they have been pumping millions of dollars into state elections for years?
The dem party's all consuming focus on the federal government was a huge strategic failure.
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Response to Phoenix61 (Reply #1)
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 11:30 AM
Iplayoneontv (77 posts)
2. That's correct
It's part of why this mess now exists.
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Response to turbinetree (Original post)
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 03:59 PM
BigmanPigman (13,948 posts)
3. We are living in a very unsettling, dangerous environment
and most people don't even know or care.
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Response to turbinetree (Original post)
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 05:34 PM
turbinetree (8,161 posts)
4. The failure of the corporate media, ABC, NBC, CBS, and the cable channels, MSNBC, CNN
I don't even know if PBS is reporting this and doing an in depth reporting like on Frontline to expose this danger.
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