Thread by @MontyBoa99

If Libertarians behind Heritage Foundation want a Convention of States for a Balanced Budget Amendment, they should have opposed blowing a $2 Trillion hole in the National Debt with the #TaxScamBill.
But they *pushed* the bill.
They're hiding something.
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They don't want to *really* balance the budget; they want to eliminate what they consider the welfare state. They want to kill:
- Medicaid Expansion
- Obamacare
- Caps on greenhouse gases
- Assistance to children's: insurance, school lunches, disability support,
...
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- Retraining displaced workers
- Federal contract oversight (to make fraud easier)
- Public reports of OSHA findings (to hide worker safety violations)
- College PLUS loan program (cutting aid to students)
- FAA & TSA (➡️for-profit co's)
- Pricing controls for airlines
...
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- Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (which recoups fraud losses from fin'l co's)
- Initiatives to promote renewable energy (all kinds)
- Farm subsidies (all kinds, which would result in bankruptcies for small farmers and sharp increases in essential food prices)
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The full list of what the Koch Bros' funded "Convention of States" movement is bent on accomplishing is horrifying.
Calling it "balancing the budget" is like calling an aircraft carrier a hole in the water.
#NoConCon
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#VoteThemOut #BlueWave2018
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