If You Were Developing a Citizenship Test..

[Shuckins]

...that every resident of the U.S. had to pass before they could vote, what questions would you write into it?

[BennyBeaver]

who was michael jackson?
Whens my birthday?
Who was the red thing in sesame street?
Are you an illegal alien?
Do you have a myspace?
if so what is the username and password?
do you play aces high?
If so meet me on LW blue nits.

[Eagler]

all questions would be in English only

first question would be:
do you own a home?
if this was a no, then they failed and could stop there

[tedrbr]

Are you literate (preferably  English)?
Are you now serving, or have you been honorably discharged from military service?
Do you now serve or have successfully completed a tour of federal or state service equivalent to military duty in lieu of military service?

[cav58d]

This question is for legal citizens right?

Fine......

"What is your nationality"?  -  Any response that doesn't at least include "American", is a fail, and you will not vote.

[Phaser11]

I can't say yet.
 As of Friday I will be no longer working for that Governemnt Agency. Then From what I have see working here over the last 8 years I'll tell you.

Phaser11  (2 more days)

[cav58d]

Originally posted by Phaser11
I can't say yet.
 As of Friday I will be no longer working for that Governemnt Agency. Then From what I have see working here over the last 8 years I'll tell you.

Phaser11  (2 more days)

This should be interesting...hehe

[Neubob]

Can you currently, or have/are you taking steps to learn to speak english?

Are you a convicted Felon?

Can you think for yourself?

Is your IQ above 80?

Oh, and finally,

Given the right to vote, will you vote only for candidates that can pass this same test?

[AWMac]

Not responding with the typical puppy dogs, popsycles or cotton candy joke to this.

Skuzz would ban me for life.

Mac

[Maverick]

Originally posted by tedrbr
Are you literate (preferably  English)?
Are you now serving, or have you been honorably discharged from military service?
Do you now serve or have successfully completed a tour of federal or state service equivalent to military duty in lieu of military service?

The Heinlein paradigm. I like it!

Lets implement it but be specific about what jobs we are talking about for the "service" outside of uniform Military service. Being a state employed golf course employee and other less than service oriented positions shouldn't qualify for it. Something like Firefighter should qualify at all levels as long as a state certification is involved and it's full time.

No service, no voting. If you aren't willing to put your own arse on the line to protect the society you want to help direct, you don't get to vote.

TANSTAAFL

[cav58d]

Originally posted by Maverick
The Heinlein paradigm. I like it!

No service, no voting. If you aren't willing to put your own arse on the line to protect the society you want to help direct, you don't get to vote.

TANSTAAFL

Congrats...You have just taken an already pathetic voter turn out, and slashed it in half!

[Neubob]

Originally posted by Maverick
The Heinlein paradigm. I like it!

Lets implement it but be specific about what jobs we are talking about for the "service" outside of uniform Military service. Being a state employed golf course employee and other less than service oriented positions shouldn't qualify for it. Something like Firefighter should qualify at all levels as long as a state certification is involved and it's full time.

No service, no voting. If you aren't willing to put your own arse on the line to protect the society you want to help direct, you don't get to vote.

TANSTAAFL

Everyone who pays taxes, federal and/or state, labors, sweats and risks their body for the  government.

A guy riding around in a patrol car is no more important than the guy stitching him up when he gets hurt, or the guy making sure his patrol car is up to spec, or the guy re-roofing his house. And for that doctor, mechanic or roofer, giving away a large portion of his income should be than enough to earn him the right to have a tiny voice in how it is spent.

Of course I'm sure a large majority of this nation's tax payers will be more than willing to work with you if you offer them tax reductions in exchange for their vote.

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by cav58d
Congrats...You have just taken an already pathetic voter turn out, and slashed it in half!

I wouldn't care if less than 10% of the population was voting, so long as it was an educated, conscientious, responsible, well-informed-about-the-issues 10% of the population.  

I can do without all the "straight ticket" and "he's got a nice smile" voters.

[Neubob]

Originally posted by tedrbr
educated, conscientious, responsible, well-informed-about-the-issues 10% of the population.  

You didn't say anything about educated, conscientious, responsible or well-informed about the issues.

All you said was that they had to have served.

[cav58d]

Originally posted by tedrbr
I wouldn't care if less than 10% of the population was voting, so long as it was an educated, conscientious, responsible, well-informed-about-the-issues 10% of the population.  

I can do without all the "straight ticket" and "he's got a nice smile" voters.

With all due respect, I know just as many uneducated, unconscientious guys serving in the military as I know educated and conscientious.  I have a friend who had to take the ASVAB 5 times to get into the MC.  Just because you served, doesn't make you an educated person.  (And I say that with all the respect I can, because the guys and gals that do serve are heroe's, however, putting on a uniform doesn't equate to guranteed intelligence.)