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20 Ideas The US Needs To Steal From The Rest Of The World

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  • http://distractify.com/mark-pygas/things-we-need-in-the-us/?ts_pid=2

    Some of these I'm not so sure about, like earnings-based fines, but others, such as the speeding ticket lottery seem pretty awesome. Also, love this:

    When it comes time for an election in Australia, everyone is required to have their say. If you don't turn up then you get fined, meaning that 95% of Aussie voters attend polling. That's compared to 36.6% in the 2014 US midterms. Those who don't wish to vote but also don't want to get fined usually void their paper by drawing phallic objects on it.

  • compulsory voting would be juxtaposed 180° from a supposedly free people.

    Hope has two beautiful daughters: Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger that things are the way they are. Courage to make them the way they ought to be. - St. Augustine. Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their vision. - Ayn Rand
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  • mohicanM mohican

    compulsory voting would be juxtaposed 180° from a supposedly free people.

    @mohican said:

    compulsory voting would be juxtaposed 180° from a supposedly free people.

    I could see a case for only allowing educated people to vote (by having some system in place where you need an understanding of the state of socio-economic and geopolitical affairs). But I can't reconcile that with having a true and open democracy that does what the people want.

    It's just a shame people are stupid.

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  • to vote in a Federal Election you should know who your Senators are and who your House Rep is. If you don't even have that basic knowledge the voting touch screen might as well be like a fast food cash register with Burger, Fry, and Shake Icons.

    Hope has two beautiful daughters: Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger that things are the way they are. Courage to make them the way they ought to be. - St. Augustine. Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their vision. - Ayn Rand
  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @mohican said:

    compulsory voting would be juxtaposed 180° from a supposedly free people.

    I could see a case for only allowing educated people to vote (by having some system in place where you need an understanding of the state of socio-economic and geopolitical affairs). But I can't reconcile that with having a true and open democracy that does what the people want.

    It's just a shame people are stupid.

    @gftchris said:

    I could see a case for only allowing educated people to vote (by having some system in place where you need an understanding of the state of socio-economic and geopolitical affairs). But I can't reconcile that with having a true and open democracy that does what the people want.

    It's just a shame people are stupid.

    Weighted voting based on an exam!
    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!

  • "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

    --------------Winston Churchill

  • How does anyone know if your ballot really counts or not? Your taking it on faith.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • I propose an intelligence exam for ANYONE that wants to drive a car. Stupid people should NOT be allowed to drive.

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • Browns149B Browns149

    I propose an intelligence exam for ANYONE that wants to drive a car. Stupid people should NOT be allowed to drive.

    @browns149 said:

    I propose an intelligence exam for ANYONE that wants to drive a car. Stupid people should NOT be allowed to drive.

    I'd be down with IQ exams for everything, haha.

    (More) Power to the Nerds!

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!

  • Iq exams only measure a certain type of intelligence. Of course a liberal supports discrimination when he thinks it will benefit his agenda.

    :neutral_face:
  • P Pumpkin Eater

    Iq exams only measure a certain type of intelligence. Of course a liberal supports discrimination when he thinks it will benefit his agenda.

    @pumpkin-eater said:

    Iq exams only measure a certain type of intelligence. Of course a liberal supports discrimination when he thinks it will benefit his agenda.

    The flip side is that if liberals are the dummies that conservatives think they are then the IQ based voting should only benefit them, correct? Or do conservatives only have a "certain type of intelligence"?

  • Please explain how an IQ test measures a potential voter's ability to make "good" decisions in the voting booth.

    It doesn't. What is a "good" decision anyway? And who's to say the political party in power couldn't skew the "exam" to their advantage?

    An exam to vote is about as unamerican as it gets. Sounds more like communism.

    :neutral_face:
  • P Pumpkin Eater

    Please explain how an IQ test measures a potential voter's ability to make "good" decisions in the voting booth.

    It doesn't. What is a "good" decision anyway? And who's to say the political party in power couldn't skew the "exam" to their advantage?

    An exam to vote is about as unamerican as it gets. Sounds more like communism.

    @pumpkin-eater said:

    Please explain how an IQ test measures a potential voter's ability to make "good" decisions in the voting booth.

    It doesn't. What is a "good" decision anyway? And who's to say the political party in power couldn't skew the "exam" to their advantage?

    An exam to vote is about as unamerican as it gets. Sounds more like communism.

    It would be a pretty good measure that the person is intelligent and likely making an informed decision before going into the voting booth.

    I am not advocating for it but I could see why someone would want to make sure we have an intelligent group of voters going into each election.

  • Well the voting test wouldn't be just an IQ test.

    You'd have US and World History, US Govt, Current Events, some science, etc.

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody

    Well the voting test wouldn't be just an IQ test.

    You'd have US and World History, US Govt, Current Events, some science, etc.

    @mld-woody said:

    Well the voting test wouldn't be just an IQ test.

    You'd have US and World History, US Govt, Current Events, some science, etc.

    "Science? A bunch of liberal bullshit."

  • Just a general working knowledge of the world, specifically this country, would do. It doesn't have to be an "IQ" test per say.

    Also an ability to form one's OWN opinion would help.

    Following what the "party" line is, or following some blowhole on TV or radio, is NOT knowledge. It's one-sided and not really helping things

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."

  • The criteria will be liberal self-serving. college libs will say ya need college...etc.

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  • mohicanM mohican

    compulsory voting would be juxtaposed 180° from a supposedly free people.

    @mohican said:

    compulsory voting would be juxtaposed 180° from a supposedly free people.

    Frankly the less morons who vote the better.

    😉

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  • I didn't see my favorite idea which is the loser pays system that I've heard our friends in Great Britain use.

    (but the cynic in me can certainly see a plethora of abuses in some of them. I've got a bad knee hopefully I can get a free blowjob in Holland. 😉 )

    And will be liberals in the Netherlands allow a hooker to refuse a blowjob to a non circumsized cripple during Passover?

    WSS

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  • C calfoxwc

    The criteria will be liberal self-serving. college libs will say ya need college...etc.

    @calfoxwc said:

    The criteria will be liberal self-serving. college libs will say ya need college...etc.

    Criteria like basic scientific knowledge... lol

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
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