Because most Americans do not understand how our government even works, should their be a mandate...

[westwall]

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

And that might be the case if politicians didn't constantly lie. But if you follow politics, you know who is more likely to lie and who is not. You know if a presidential candidate stands a chance at implementing their ideas given the structure of our Congress and Senate.

Since you avoided my baseball question, do you really believe we would have a better or worse government if we only allowed the politically informed to vote?

We have the greatest government in history

It is built on allowing EVERY citizen the right to vote

I guess you believe that if you deflect, I'll forget all about what I asked you.

We the People built a country on EVERYONE being represented

Not just the chosen few

And yet that's exactly who you wanted, a corrupt old hag that would have lost to bernie had not the chosen few decided that it was the shrilary's turn. Thank you for pointing that out.

 

[rightwinger]

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

And that might be the case if politicians didn't constantly lie. But if you follow politics, you know who is more likely to lie and who is not. You know if a presidential candidate stands a chance at implementing their ideas given the structure of our Congress and Senate.

Since you avoided my baseball question, do you really believe we would have a better or worse government if we only allowed the politically informed to vote?

We have the greatest government in history

It is built on allowing EVERY citizen the right to vote

I guess you believe that if you deflect, I'll forget all about what I asked you.

We the People built a country on EVERYONE being represented

Not just the chosen few

lol rubbish. No such thing as representing everybody. You're drunk.

Those who are prevented from voting are not represented

 

[sartre play]

The Democrats and the teachers unions run the public schools and they have made them mediocre on purpose to keep Americans ignorant and easy to control.

When(the date year) did the democrats start running the schools, when(the date year) did the teachers union become comprised of only democrats. thank you, looking forward to this info.

 

[Wyatt earp]

If a voter does not know there are 100 Senators, 435 Congressmen and 9 Supreme Court Justices......what difference does it make?

It doesn't, but that doesn't mean they know the issues and what's at stake.

For instance, Hil-Liar was yapping about free college. The political ignorant think that government will somehow make college free. They don't understand the fact that somebody would have had to pay for that college. They don't understand that 20 trillion in debt is a dangerous level of debt for this country to have. They don't understand that if you tax the rich for it, some will take their companies and move out the country to escape taxes. Let me put it this way...........

Let's say that the baseball league had fans vote on players instead of the teams choosing who they needed. Your city allowed any citizen to choose the player, and my city only allowed those with a great knowledge of baseball to choose the players for our team. Which city do you think would have a better baseball team?

That's why I said if it were up to me, every voter would have to take a very simple test before being allowed to vote. If we did that, we might end up with less voters like this:

Our society benefits from having free High School
We are deciding whether free college is the next step

An educated workforce benefits society

An educated workforce elected Trump

Low information voters

Yup keep posting and thinking like that and it's a fact the next democrat president is not born yet





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[sartre play]

Yes, I'll begin. It should be "there" not "their" in title.

I love it when big brained lefties condescendingly tell everyone else they're stupid when they themselves can't spell...

IF we judged by spelling errors my self and half the other posters from all sides of the isle could not live up to your expectations.

 

[impuretrash]

Yes, I'll begin. It should be "there" not "their" in title.

I love it when big brained lefties condescendingly tell everyone else they're stupid when they themselves can't spell...

IF we judged by spelling errors my self and half the other posters from all sides of the isle could not live up to your expectations.

*myself

 

[sartre play]

If a voter does not know there are 100 Senators, 435 Congressmen and 9 Supreme Court Justices......what difference does it make?

It doesn't, but that doesn't mean they know the issues and what's at stake.

For instance, Hil-Liar was yapping about free college. The political ignorant think that government will somehow make college free. They don't understand the fact that somebody would have had to pay for that college. They don't understand that 20 trillion in debt is a dangerous level of debt for this country to have. They don't understand that if you tax the rich for it, some will take their companies and move out the country to escape taxes. Let me put it this way...........

Let's say that the baseball league had fans vote on players instead of the teams choosing who they needed. Your city allowed any citizen to choose the player, and my city only allowed those with a great knowledge of baseball to choose the players for our team. Which city do you think would have a better baseball team?

That's why I said if it were up to me, every voter would have to take a very simple test before being allowed to vote. If we did that, we might end up with less voters like this:

Our society benefits from having free High School
We are deciding whether free college is the next step

An educated workforce benefits society

Teaching a person to fish is far more valuable than giving someone fish… progressive snowflakes like yourself Have never realized that

The key word here is teaching, think about that for a while

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I guess you believe that if you deflect, I'll forget all about what I asked you.

We the People built a country on EVERYONE being represented

Not just the chosen few

Okay, as I said, deflection noted.

Our Constitution is not a deflection

No, but you avoiding answering a question certainly is.

I am here to answer your ridiculous questions?

What are you so concerned about?

No, that's not why you're here, it's just that when people avoid answering questions, it's an indicator they know they are wrong about something.

 

[sartre play]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

Requiring a civics test on your local, state, and federal govt., in English, would be desirable, certainly; you can vote in any or all them according to the tests you pass, can't vote in those you fail. If you can't pass any of those tests allowing you to vote is just ridiculous. We all know why that won't happen, though.

What bearing does civics have to do with your ability to vote

The issue I have is that people don't understand what branch has what power. For instance, what executive functions does each branch have? Or how about, what the house ignore representives does verses what the senate does?

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

 

[Picaro]

And that might be the case if politicians didn't constantly lie. But if you follow politics, you know who is more likely to lie and who is not. You know if a presidential candidate stands a chance at implementing their ideas given the structure of our Congress and Senate.

Since you avoided my baseball question, do you really believe we would have a better or worse government if we only allowed the politically informed to vote?

We have the greatest government in history

It is built on allowing EVERY citizen the right to vote

I guess you believe that if you deflect, I'll forget all about what I asked you.

We the People built a country on EVERYONE being represented

Not just the chosen few

lol rubbish. No such thing as representing everybody. You're drunk.

Those who are prevented from voting are not represented

Most of them shouldn't be.

 

[Picaro]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

Requiring a civics test on your local, state, and federal govt., in English, would be desirable, certainly; you can vote in any or all them according to the tests you pass, can't vote in those you fail. If you can't pass any of those tests allowing you to vote is just ridiculous. We all know why that won't happen, though.

What bearing does civics have to do with your ability to vote

The issue I have is that people don't understand what branch has what power. For instance, what executive functions does each branch have? Or how about, what the house ignore representives does verses what the senate does?

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

Well, we do have that recording of Hillary telling her Goldman Sachs cronies not to worry, she had a 'public plan and a private plan', so I guess Rightwinger can tell us which plan represented him/her/it/mutant.

 

[westwall]

And that might be the case if politicians didn't constantly lie. But if you follow politics, you know who is more likely to lie and who is not. You know if a presidential candidate stands a chance at implementing their ideas given the structure of our Congress and Senate.

Since you avoided my baseball question, do you really believe we would have a better or worse government if we only allowed the politically informed to vote?

We have the greatest government in history

It is built on allowing EVERY citizen the right to vote

I guess you believe that if you deflect, I'll forget all about what I asked you.

We the People built a country on EVERYONE being represented

Not just the chosen few

lol rubbish. No such thing as representing everybody. You're drunk.

Those who are prevented from voting are not represented

Indeed. So why does the dnc resort to super delegates to prevent the PEOPLE from voting for whom they actually want? C'mon silly boy. Why oh why do you support the absolutely corrupt dnc?

It's funny, everything you accuse the repubs of doing, the dnc is doing, and have been for much longer.

 

[rightwinger]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

Requiring a civics test on your local, state, and federal govt., in English, would be desirable, certainly; you can vote in any or all them according to the tests you pass, can't vote in those you fail. If you can't pass any of those tests allowing you to vote is just ridiculous. We all know why that won't happen, though.

What bearing does civics have to do with your ability to vote

The issue I have is that people don't understand what branch has what power. For instance, what executive functions does each branch have? Or how about, what the house ignore representives does verses what the senate does?

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

Every voter has the same challenge....why single out lower educated voters?

 

[rightwinger]

Requiring a civics test on your local, state, and federal govt., in English, would be desirable, certainly; you can vote in any or all them according to the tests you pass, can't vote in those you fail. If you can't pass any of those tests allowing you to vote is just ridiculous. We all know why that won't happen, though.

What bearing does civics have to do with your ability to vote

The issue I have is that people don't understand what branch has what power. For instance, what executive functions does each branch have? Or how about, what the house ignore representives does verses what the senate does?

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

Well, we do have that recording of Hillary telling her Goldman Sachs cronies not to worry, she had a 'public plan and a private plan', so I guess Rightwinger can tell us which plan represented him/her/it/mutant.

What does that have to do with denying people the right to vote

 

[Unkotare]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

No mandate, but a requirement that every adult must pass a citizenship test to vote would be a good start.

That's been tried before. It didn't work out too well.

 

[Divine Wind]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

No mandate, but a requirement that every adult must pass a citizenship test to vote would be a good start.

That's been tried before. It didn't work out too well.

Where?

It's a matter of proper implementation.

 

[Picaro]

What bearing does civics have to do with your ability to vote

The issue I have is that people don't understand what branch has what power. For instance, what executive functions does each branch have? Or how about, what the house ignore representives does verses what the senate does?

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

Well, we do have that recording of Hillary telling her Goldman Sachs cronies not to worry, she had a 'public plan and a private plan', so I guess Rightwinger can tell us which plan represented him/her/it/mutant.

What does that have to do with denying people the right to vote

Why not answer the questions already asked instead of avoiding answering them and hoping asking more will cover up for your non-answers?

 

[rightwinger]

The issue I have is that people don't understand what branch has what power. For instance, what executive functions does each branch have? Or how about, what the house ignore representives does verses what the senate does?

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

Well, we do have that recording of Hillary telling her Goldman Sachs cronies not to worry, she had a 'public plan and a private plan', so I guess Rightwinger can tell us which plan represented him/her/it/mutant.

What does that have to do with denying people the right to vote

Why not answer the questions already asked instead of avoiding answering them and hoping asking more will cover up for your non-answers?

Why are you raising an issue unrelated to the OP?

The issue is denying people the right to vote

 

[westwall]

What bearing does civics have to do with your ability to vote

The issue I have is that people don't understand what branch has what power. For instance, what executive functions does each branch have? Or how about, what the house ignore representives does verses what the senate does?

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

Well, we do have that recording of Hillary telling her Goldman Sachs cronies not to worry, she had a 'public plan and a private plan', so I guess Rightwinger can tell us which plan represented him/her/it/mutant.

What does that have to do with denying people the right to vote

Don't know. Ask the dnc why they are denying the People their ability to choose a candidate they want instead of the totalitarians they keep trying to shove down our throats. or is it that you actually want a totalitarian as POTUS? If so then keep on asking your stupid questions.

 

[westwall]

People on this board are government geeks. We dwell on minute details and their significance

Most people do not care

A voter does not need to know other than candidate A represents my interests more than candidate B

How do you know they represent your interests? all tell us what we want to hear while running for office?

Well, we do have that recording of Hillary telling her Goldman Sachs cronies not to worry, she had a 'public plan and a private plan', so I guess Rightwinger can tell us which plan represented him/her/it/mutant.

What does that have to do with denying people the right to vote

Why not answer the questions already asked instead of avoiding answering them and hoping asking more will cover up for your non-answers?

Why are you raising an issue unrelated to the OP?

The issue is denying people the right to vote

No, it isn't. The OP is about Americans ignorance of their government, and how it is supposed to operate. You're a classic example of that blithering ignorance. You don't seem to understand the English language either. You must be a russian.