Maybe they are trying a back door approach to the 10th amendment and states rights (basically there own sovereignty). The states do get funds from the Fed every year ranging from transportation, public work projects, education, and other things. One could make the case that they owe the government the money back. If they cannot pay then the Fed. starts to exercise the liens. Twisted logic to be sure, but I do know that these statist want to rid themselves the problem of 50 different elected governments, which prove to be a real pain for them when they haven’t inflicted enough damage since the people will invariable try to undo what damage has been done just out of self-preservation. That works against them, but if they have a way to get their tangled roots into each state at the government level where they can dictate spending then they could also be able to control what laws are passed regardless of what the people want. Once that happens then they could start to completely shred the state constitutions little by little or quickly as the times dictate. Remember when you are in debt to someone they really do “own” you so to speak.
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