There are SO many unintelligent people in this country. I mean a LOT! And it's certainly not right vs left, as there are PLENTY of dumb people on both sides. Why do we let these people have a say in who leads our government? Why do they get a hand in deciding who makes the decisions that impact our lives? You wouldn't let most of these people do anything else that has an impact on you, why this?
I think we change the constitution to require some kind of minimum competency exam in order to vote. Nothing that is based on color, sex, land ownership, etc., but something that assesses a minimum level of brainpower needed to make important decisions like this.
We require tests for a lot of things - some of which are far less important than our government. You have to take a test to drive a forklift. If you work for a utility you have to take tests for things like climbing a ladder. Why wouldn't we have some kind of testing mechanism that weeds out the dumb people, and leaves the decision-making to the rest of us? They can still vote for other things, like their favorite Kardashian, or the next flavor of Doritos, but not this.
Instead of Getting Out The Vote, I say we Take Back The Vote! Who's with me?!?!?!
I think we change the constitution to require some kind of minimum competency exam in order to vote. Nothing that is based on color, sex, land ownership, etc., but something that assesses a minimum level of brainpower needed to make important decisions like this.
We require tests for a lot of things - some of which are far less important than our government. You have to take a test to drive a forklift. If you work for a utility you have to take tests for things like climbing a ladder. Why wouldn't we have some kind of testing mechanism that weeds out the dumb people, and leaves the decision-making to the rest of us? They can still vote for other things, like their favorite Kardashian, or the next flavor of Doritos, but not this.
Instead of Getting Out The Vote, I say we Take Back The Vote! Who's with me?!?!?!