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RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRES ATTACK THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION

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RIGHT-WINGBILLIONAIRESATTACK THE

NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION

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THEY’RE RICHER THAN EVER — AND THEY’RE HURTING US TO GET RICH.

THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS:• Destroying our economy• Corrupting our government• Hurting our families, communities & environment• Exploding greed & inequality• Filling the swamp & profiting from Trump

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DESTROYING OUR ECONOMY

• Wage cuts, job cuts, pension raids, outsourcing • Destruction of industrial base & jobs for short-term gain• Winner-take-all economics

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CORRUPTING OUR GOVERNMENT

• Campaign cash corruption • Billions for lobbying & right-wing think tanks• Paying for dog-whistle political appeals• Funding attacks on public institutions

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HURTING OUR FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES & ENVIRONMENT

• Driving up the cost of housing, medications & college • Bashing immigrants and low-income workers • Austerity attack on Puerto Rico • Profiting from mass incarceration & private prisons • Fossil fuel & toxic chemical profiteers

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EXPLODING GREED & INEQUALITY

• Lavish personal consumption • Carried interest & tax loopholes• Eroding middle class values & security

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FILLING THE SWAMP &PROFITING FROM TRUMP

• Pushing policies that make them millions• Keeping Americans poorly paid & in debt• Scoring profits from ICE raids & private prisons• Rigging the system to benefit billionaires

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THEBILLIONAIRES

HAVE TOO MUCH POWER...

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AND NOWTHEY WANTEVEN MORE

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Robert Mercer—the most aggressive, racist, pro-Trump hedge fund billionaire—wants to rewrite the New York State Constitution.

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WHO IS

ROBERT MERCER?

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MERCER=

MONEY

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MERCER=

TECHNOLOGY

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MERCER=

MEDIA

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THE FAVORITE BILLIONAIRE OF

THE TRUMP REGIME

MERCER=

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THE POLITICS OF DIVISION AND HATE

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MERCER’S ALLIES IN THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS

THE KOCH BROTHERS

JOHN PAULSON

CARL ICAHN

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They are targeting our Constitution

to cut their own taxes and make themselves even richer.

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RIGHT NOW, THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS

• Our schools • Our environment• Our civil and criminal rights• Our pensions • Our workplace & collective bargaining rights• Our safety net and healthcare

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Mercer and his billionaire posse want a new constitutionthat helps billionaires — and hurts working people.

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And they’ll spend millions of dollars to get it.

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Every 20 years, a mandatory question appears on the general election ballot: “Shall there be a convention to amend the constitution and revise the same?” On November 7, 2017 voters will decide – yes or no.

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“Reclaim New York” is Mercer’s Trojan Horse

to gut our Constitution

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• A shadowy group • Working to shove New York politics to the far right • And give billionaires more power than ever

RECLAIM NEW YORK

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Reclaim New York was created by Mercer & Bannon

to make New York a right-wing billionaire’s paradise

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They’ll spend millions to dominate any constitutional convention

to get what they want.

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• Voter suppression • Union busting • School privatization• Flat taxes that benefit billionaires • Forced fracking • Attacks on immigrants & communities of color

THE MERCER-BANNON- RECLAIM AGENDA:

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IT’S UP TO US TO

STOP THEM

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STOP THEIR MOVE TO

REWRITE OUR CONSTITUTION

FIGHT THEIR POLITICS OF DIVISION AND HATE

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• Invest in our schools, our healthcare & our communities • Tax the rich to invest in our future • Take on Trump to demand our civil, criminal & human rights• Protect our environment & confront the climate crisis • Strengthen our economy & our democracy

BUILD A NEW YORK THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US

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STOP THEIR SCHEME TO REWRITE OUR CONSTITUTION

ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017

VOTE NO AND BLOCK THE

BILLIONAIRES