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Qualifications for Suffrage

Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 11 months ago to Education
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I think that universal suffrage is over rated, and that the right to vote should be earned.

Let's have a discussion of what qualifications a potential voter should prove in order to take part in the management of America.

Here are a few initial thoughts to start the discussion.
In order to qualify to vote, one should
(a) prove understanding of history regarding value of free markets, importance of system of laws protecting rights and property and preventing control by association/relationship(pull), long term negative effects of war regardless of the short term benefits, negative effects of centralized power and tendency toward corruption.
(b) prove an understanding of issues and philosophy of success,
(c) have an economic ownership interest in the long term economic success of the business unit called America,
(d) proven understanding of the unlimited value of individual liberty

Disagree? Please elaborate.
I want to learn more about this topic, too.


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  • Posted by Jaysun 9 years, 11 months ago
    this would make voting only accessible to, what 10%? 20%? of the population?
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  • Posted by eddieh 9 years, 11 months ago
    Here here, but can we begin with all those people holding office and those who also running? It sounds like a great beginning, we could weed 80% of voters as well as the morons in Washington.
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 9 years, 11 months ago
    I've frequently joked that in order to vote you have to be able to identify the President, the Vice President and the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates for the two major parties.

    It's a really low bar. But it would probably screen out an astonishing number of voters!
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