Right-Wing Billionaires Plan to Rewrite US Constitution

[L. Coyote]

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[teezy]

1. I realize it's not just a clean break

or a simple process at all, but would the blue states not secede if this happened?

[Kimchijeon]

8. MN can be part of Canada I suppose

I'd leave for sure if this rewrite happened. (Or would support seceding) Already we have discussed this in our household, we don't want to abandon everything but we may simply have to.

They are really brazen and bold now, they know they can just do whatever the fuck-all they want, and they will. Frankly, I feel like we are just kidding ourselves thinking we can force the billionaires in power to relinquish their power. (Just being painfully honest)

I hope I'm wrong, I hope it's not as bad as it seems.

[world wide wally]

2. I'm outta here if they do

Gone off to look for America if anybody asks.

[Foamfollower]

3. Thom Hartmann is affiliated with RT and is thus a Putin mouthpiece.

Nothing the man has to say can be trusted.

[OldHippieChick]

5. I may be the most naive person on the planet, but I have listened to Thom for years and do not belie

he is a Putin puppet. He has always been a Bernie supporter and Thom is perhaps the most well-read pundit out there. I do not believe for a minute he is a Putin mouthpiece. He is simply looking for a way to get his message out.

[Foamfollower]

12. I listened to both he and Ed Schultz for years

RT is official Rusian state media. NOTHING is broadcast on RT that isn't Kremlin approved.

Both Schultz and Hartmann sold out to RT and are broadcast by RT. That means both are mouthpieces of Putin.

[Kimchijeon]

11. What! No way

I've listened to Thom for years & years too. Always listened to "Brunch with Bernie" - Thom is a really astute guy. Very impartial, and what I would say is a true progressive. Now, maybe because he doesn't suck up to the "corporate party line" I realize some people might bash on him.

I'm not aware that he is affiliated with RT... is the implication that shows broadcast on RT are therefore "Putin propaganda?"

Granted I'm not up on the latest conspiracy theories, but it doesn't seem logical.

Wouldn't that be like saying Rachel Maddow is a "corporate billionaire mouthpiece not to be trusted" because MSNBC is owned by a billionaire? Doesn't seem to make sense.

Or is that like saying any news on Al-Jazeera is "terrorist" like FOX news/righties would say?

[Foamfollower]

13. He sold out to RT

Nothing he has to say is not approved by the Kremlin now.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Pls. show an accurate source for that comment.

Trust me, you really really want to put up or shut up about that.

[Foamfollower]

15. RT

https://www.rt.com/shows/big-picture/

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Interesting.....

Not sure if ALL of RT is to be considered 100% unreliable tho..
Hartmann has a well earned huge Dem fan base.

[Foamfollower]

17. RT is Russian state owned media,

That's why they bought Thom Hartmann, to spread their bullshit to the left.

NOBODY broadcasting on RT can be trusted.

[Judi Lynn]

20. "Thus?" Really? You're trying to gull the wrong people here.

Anyone who has listened to, watched, or read Thom Hartmann all these years knows how bogus that slur is.

Thom was around long before any of us ever heard of RT. There is nothing in his personality, nothing in the way he conducts himself which could lead anyone sober to that conclusion.

Take the time to be sincere, FIRST, before posting.

[Foamfollower]

23. RT is Russian government and controlled media

NOTHING goes on the air on RT that is not Kremlin approved.

[edhopper]

6. They are rewritting our laws right now

but until there are 67 GOP Senators it won't happen.

[The Big Ragu]

9. They've been chipping away at it since Reagan

at least, probably longer.

[bdamomma]

10. If they are even

thinking about rewriting the Constitution more people will be in the streets, the ACLU would be all over this.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. The premise is to open the Constitutional convention for a balanced budget amendment.

So how hard do you think it will be to fleece people in to believing this would be a good thing?

And if The Constitution gets rewritten, ACLU can't do shit about it.

I'm a gay man. And I'm sure marriage equality would be on he chopping block. But honestly, the balanced budget amendment scares me more.

[Virtual Burlesque]

7. The Chutzpah Is strong with these Dumbfucks. n/t

[pnwmom]

18. They would need ratification from 3/4ths of the states. I don't see that happening. n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. How many state legislatures do they control?

[Jim Lane]

24. A FEDERAL balanced-budget amendment might get state support

It's not much of an oversimplification to say that the public wants lower taxes, more spending on the programs they like, and a balanced budget. Congress can't balance the budget without raising unpopular taxes and/or cutting popular spending.

State legislators who pick delegates to a ConCon and then vote on whether to ratify an amendment are under no such constraint. They can get the best of both worlds. "See, I'm for fiscal rectitude, I voted for the balanced-budget amendment!" It then falls to someone else to implement it, with resulting loss of popularity.

In the ultimate irony, a Senator or Congressmember who votes for the unpopular measures needed to balance the budget might then be successfully challenged by a state legislator who voted for the amendment that forced that unpopular action.

I can't see ratification by 3/4 of the states for something like outlawing abortion. The 13 most liberal states could block it. I also think Wolf-PAC's efforts are wrong, because the 13 most conservative states could block an amendment to overturn Citizens United. The balanced budget, however, wouldn't be strictly liberal-versus-conservative, but would also be state-versus-federal. I can see quite a few Democratic state legislators voting for it.

[Initech]

19. It would take a war or two before that happens.

This is why I'm 150% against the idea of a constitutional convention. Because the big money interests are going to be the ones who will write new policy. Not us.