Now thats a good idea. Its a definite conflict of interest if you are getting government goodies and you get to vote for a person who can keep them coming....

we would be lucky if the young people today knew what happened on the last episode of some popular sitcom on TV

When negative interest rates kick in, the national debt problem will be solved. The higher the debt, the more money the government will rake in.
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Just kidding (I think).

Someone told Watters of Watters' World that we fought China during WW2.
Guess we never shoulda turned that Yellow Peril into a buncha commies by nuking Hong Kong and Shanghai.
I'd cut someone slack for not mentioning the Austrian-Hungarian Empire for teaming up with the Kaiser a hundred years ago.

My poll test would just have one question: Do you pay income taxes? If yes, you have a vote. If no, you don't.

Johnson could win next time if education is big on his agenda during the next 4 years. Hillary will cause a LOT of upset over the next 4 years. Her supporters will find that they would have been stronger on their own...

I could be wrong but if I remember correctly didn't Ayn Rand say we are/would commit suicide? In the book "Island at the Center of the world" which is a history of the Dutch first coming to what is now America in about 1515 and you find out at some point the British took new Amsterdam from the Dutch who then took it back and finally the British took it back for good. the one thing I learned was that no shots were fired during these exchanges. Why? because the people did not give a damn who the government was they just wanted to continue doing business as usual. Unfortunately the people just let the government since we became a "free" nation just do as those elected chose to do without consideration of the people and the people just continued to do their business. Now we have a government that does not like our just wanting to do our own business and because those that have been elected believe they can control us from birth to death are doing all they can to make that come true. The question I pose is at whet point we the people chose not to allow them to control us? Maybe no one should vote since our choices a pathetic and the country will be better off. MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST TELL THEM TO LEAVE US ALONE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU TELL SERVANTS WHO ARE IN THE WAY.

The problem we have is that a balanced budget would mean HUGE tax increases immediately to make up the $500b unbalance that Obama has gotten us into. Once the tax increases were passed, they would never be rescinded and spending would stay high. Tough problem.
I noticed that Hildebeast promised to "not increase the national debt by a single dollar". Good luck on that one. It would be either huge tax increases, or a deep recession. Guess what she would do....

Once the little Dutchboy has all his fingers and toes stuck in the dike, and only has one plug-shaped appendage left to stick in, what do you think he'll say?

He is not as qualified to enter this country as an unvetted young adult male Muslim refugee, who's both offended and wild as a buck turned on by the sight of a woman's legs.

Interesting analogy as last night I watched the 1959 version of Ben-Hur starring Charlton Heston.

Anyway, I think the politicians are not only busy pointing fingers at each other, but they are actively drilling holes in the other side of the boat thinking they will let the water out.

Damn, I dont know offhand who is on the $10 bill. From watching TV I know the speaker of the house, unfortunately. I know WW2 enemies. Try WW1....I suspect most of the Hillary supporters have no idea where most of the states are located in the US, let alone the names, and forget the capitals.

Interesting idea. Maybe they should all know what aleppo is too? Dumbass voters result in a dumbass government.

There is one thing we can do to hasten the defeat of socialism. That is to "shrug". Unfortunately there are no more titans of industry to bring it down today. This is a consumer driven economy now. That means we can vote with our pocketbooks. For a starter, we could each cut our expenditures by 10%- that would put a definite dent in the economy without denting our lifestyle much at all. There is always 10% that we waste. It would send a message for sure. Eventually the statists will just raise the taxes, but that will make them more unpopular.

And if Hillary wins, it will go on even faster. Trump is the last defense against this. If Trump is defeated, its all over for the USA, and quickly. The establishment will be way too strong to defeat in the future until the whole system comes crashing down. THEN, if the libertarians have done enough education, it will be their turn.

I agree the probability is low that Johnson will win, but you'd have received great odds betting on the colonies winning against Britain in 1776, too.

I agree, dino. It is sensible to ask questions that relate to the act of voting. (Maybe ask WHY those statist bastards are on the five, ten, and fifty dollar bills.) Based on personal experience I think there is a high probability that most without algebra sills will not have the knowledge needed to make a rational decision regarding voting. At this point it would be sensible to recind voting from anyone who receives benefits from government programs (including employees of companies whose business is mostly government contracts) unless they are funded by fees from those who benefit (like highways for example.) It is suicide to allow a majority to vote to use government to steal from the minority.

Where is the little Dutchboy when you need him.

Yeah? Seems I've some vague collection of an announcement I as quickly forgot about.
Well, I got dibs on all the chickens.
Reckon I'll call you "that turkey" in my campaign ads.

I'm running too!...

Never heard of him until now.
I have an idea. Everyone write in David the Old Dino aka allosaur.
I promise a chicken in every pot.
How you get those noisy chickens to stay in all your pots is not my problem.

Not that he has a chance, and he won't be in my state...but maybe yours. Evan McMullin
https://www.evanmcmullin.com/vote_you...

Gary Johnson will never be a president for Congress to ignore.
You'd be more likely to find gold at the end of some rainbow.
That may be me dino's evw impression but the dude is right, even though we have a history of disagreeing.

Bet those scientists who take our money (federal funding) to promote the scam called manmade climate change can do basic algebra.
I'd rather ask a mix of questions that would include whose face is on ten dollar bill, who is the Speaker of the House, what is the Bill of Rights, who did we fight during World War Two and (you'd think simple) stuff of that nature.
That's how you weed out low information libtards.
Just ask Watters of Watters' World.

If you can't do basic algebra correctly you shouldn't be allowed to vote. The first thing on the ballot should be 5 algebra problems. If voter gets them all right his vote is counted. No doubt that Trump would win in a landslide.
Same thing in votes for bills in congress. Congress-critter gets them all right and his vote counts as written. If not enough votes are cast with correct answers for a quorum the bill fails.