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Too bad the natives that owned America before it got stolen from them didn't have the same requirements, right?
Gotta luv the genocide of the red man, right?
The natives did not own America, lol. "America" is a political entity, natives (Assuming you mean native Americans), never "owned" America.
Nothing was stolen, it is called war, and the natives themselves engaged in it, the entire world has engaged in it for all of human history, and every border in history has its roots somewhere in war.
And yes, I do love the defeat of the "red man", because their way of life was one of the stone age.
On TV a few days ago I saw an interview with an 80+ year old waiting in line to vote. Likely this dude will be dead before anything enacted will make any difference in his life.
Should we have a cutoff age to vote?
Why should we? Many people are active even to 100! Granted, definitely not the majority, but why should any citizen be deprived as long as they care enough to "voice" their opinion?
I would have some or all of these requirements to vote:
Average IQ or higher
Property owner
Not on welfare
Born in America
27 years old or older
Some or all of the above should have been written into the Constitution by the Founders.
I am a conservative, but I disagree with ALL of the above for different reasons:
1. How would this be enforced? Present IQ results when registering to vote?
2. What about people who have not yet saved enough to own property?
3. How would this be enforced? (Although, in principle, I think only taxpaying citizens should be allowed to vote.)
4. No, just NO -- as long as someone has gone to the trouble to be a citizen, of course s/he should be able to vote!
5. If someone is old enough to fight in a war, s/he should be allowed the privilege of voting.
Maybe a better idea is to have an indirect election?
The House of Representatives can be augmented, and performs an election right before the presidential election.
Then the representatives vote to elect the president.
On TV a few days ago I saw an interview with an 80+ year old waiting in line to vote. Likely this dude will be dead before anything enacted will make any difference in his life.
Should we have a cutoff age to vote?
Would much rather have 80+ guys voting than the lib 17 year olds with skulls full of mush......
I am a conservative, but I disagree with ALL of the above for different reasons:
1. How would this be enforced? Present IQ results when registering to vote?
2. What about people who have not yet saved enough to own property?
3. How would this be enforced? (Although, in principle, I think only taxpaying citizens should be allowed to vote.)
4. No, just NO -- as long as someone has gone to the trouble to be a citizen, of course s/he should be able to vote!
5. If someone is old enough to fight in a war, s/he should be allowed the privilege of voting.
Two of my requirements are required of a President: must have been born here and must be a certain age.
Why do you think we don't allow a president under age 35 to run the country? Because people like AOC and most individuals under 35 just don't quite have the life experiences that we would want them to have to run the show. If that standard is good enough for Presidency, it should be for the rest of us voters.
And I said some or all of the above. It doesn't matter though, it's all just a pipe dream. Having sane, common sense rules where ONLY Americans (and Americans with a depth to their lives) can vote makes too much sense. And liberals and neocons HATE common sense. Liberals would allow a tuna sandwich to vote if they could find a way (and from this latest theft of American democracy, they probably did cast ballots for tens of thousands of Tuna Sandwiches).
We have these requirements because we know, most individuals in their early 20s are foolish, no matter how "genius" they may be they lack the depth of life experiences to run the show.
So I will settle for minimum age of 25 to vote.
I will say, Biden's lack of faculties that we have all now seen do make an argument for an age CUT OFF. But I would not have an age cut off. The 18 year old retards that are running America into the ground, though, make my friggin' BLOOD BOIL.
On TV a few days ago I saw an interview with an 80+ year old waiting in line to vote. Likely this dude will be dead before anything enacted will make any difference in his life.
Should we have a cutoff age to vote?
Perhaps, a test to determine level of dimentia? I suspect many elderly citizens, more so, than the average citizen, even understand many political issues. I think many, just vote for the incumbent. Many politicians know this, and know how to buy votes, by visiting nursing homes and providing buffets, and talking about keeping social security safe. The elderly residents are left with this warm and fuzzy feeling, of how wonderful that politician was to take the time to visit them, and buy them lunch. It’s called, buying votes.
Some of my family IS the way I described, like my dad's dad, who's 91 years old now. I love him, but he's a selfish cheapskate objectively
I live in a very conservative retirement area and it is very hard to get folks to support our schools. So many oldsters already did that elsewhere in their lives wherever they lived. So that part of cheapskate is our reality.
I am a conservative, but I disagree with ALL of the above for different reasons:
1. How would this be enforced? Present IQ results when registering to vote?
2. What about people who have not yet saved enough to own property?
3. How would this be enforced? (Although, in principle, I think only taxpaying citizens should be allowed to vote.)
4. No, just NO -- as long as someone has gone to the trouble to be a citizen, of course s/he should be able to vote!
5. If someone is old enough to fight in a war, s/he should be allowed the privilege of voting.
As a liberal I agree. Make it simple. US citizen and of a minimum age.
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