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

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  • C calfoxwc

    anyone who pays taxes, and owns property can vote.

    that excludes college students going to college IN OTHER STATES, especially.

    well, excludes all college students. Unless they are working and paying taxes...

    with a property ownership exemption, except on LOCAL and STATE ISSUES.

    That oughta do it.

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    MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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    @calfoxwc said:

    anyone who pays taxes, and owns property can vote.

    that excludes college students going to college IN OTHER STATES, especially.

    well, excludes all college students. Unless they are working and paying taxes...

    with a property ownership exemption, except on LOCAL and STATE ISSUES.

    That oughta do it.

    That excludes anyone in an apartment or renting a house...

    Also, I never voted on local issues when I was at Michigan. It didn't make sense to me. I had no intention of working there after school.

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      @calfoxwc said:

      anyone who pays taxes, and owns property can vote.

      that excludes college students going to college IN OTHER STATES, especially.

      well, excludes all college students. Unless they are working and paying taxes...

      with a property ownership exemption, except on LOCAL and STATE ISSUES.

      That oughta do it.

      That excludes anyone in an apartment or renting a house...

      Also, I never voted on local issues when I was at Michigan. It didn't make sense to me. I had no intention of working there after school.

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      @mld-woody said:

      That excludes anyone in an apartment or renting a house...

      Also, I never voted on local issues when I was at Michigan. It didn't make sense to me. I had no intention of working there after school.

      As someone who pays property tax through the nose for my four houses it is annoying to see school levies voted on by people with no actual skin in the game.

      I just bite my tongue and assume it's a cost of doing business.

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        C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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        I was just going to make the "skin in the game" point. As in,

        you're on welfare, renting, and you get to vote to raise levies?

        Property tax - once you own your own home, by God, you shouldn't

        have to keep paying "rent" on it. That's more like "protection money - you keep

        paying to be allowed to keep your home you paid off"

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          @diehardbrownsfan said:

          Only productive members of society can vote. Meaning working full time and not receiving government assistance. If you receive government assistance you may not vote until you being working and continue to work for at least one year and have stopped receiving any type of welfare or unemployment.

          Also, anyone over 65 can't vote. You're in the back 4th of your life anyway and won't really have to deal with the consequences of your votes.

          Also, based on DieHards suggestion, really retirees in general can not vote. They aren't contributing and just receive money

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          StinkHoleS StinkHole wrote on last edited by
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          @mld-woody said:

          Also, based on DieHards suggestion, really retirees in general can not vote. They aren't contributing and just receive money

          Include welfare recipients to those not contributing anything and are just receiving money.

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            StinkHoleS StinkHole wrote on last edited by
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            If voters were required to pass an intelligence test in order to vote then we would never have a democrat president.
            Democrats need the dumb....
            Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and every dumb ass liberal.

            Some suggested question types for the exam...

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              @mld-woody said:

              Also, based on DieHards suggestion, really retirees in general can not vote. They aren't contributing and just receive money

              Include welfare recipients to those not contributing anything and are just receiving money.

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              Stuart said:

              Include welfare recipients to those not contributing anything and are just receiving money.

              Diehard already said that, you're just going in a circle.

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              • C calfoxwc

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

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                StinkHoleS StinkHole wrote on last edited by
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                @calfoxwc said:

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

                Lol..I guess you can say that.

                Listen to these Michigan products...

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                • C calfoxwc

                  I was just going to make the "skin in the game" point. As in,

                  you're on welfare, renting, and you get to vote to raise levies?

                  Property tax - once you own your own home, by God, you shouldn't

                  have to keep paying "rent" on it. That's more like "protection money - you keep

                  paying to be allowed to keep your home you paid off"

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                  LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares wrote on last edited by
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                  @calfoxwc said:

                  Property tax - once you own your own home, by God, you shouldn't

                  have to keep paying "rent" on it. That's more like "protection money - you keep

                  paying to be allowed to keep your home you paid off"

                  I have never understood this. Might as well say you are renting your property from the government. You get behind on those taxes, they will sure as shit come and take it.

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                    mohicanM mohican wrote on last edited by
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                    As I stated earlier, just having a test be:

                    who are your two Federal Senators?

                    who is your representative in the US House of Representatives?

                    That would probably eliminate 30-40 percent of voters

                    To eliminate another 10-20 percent of voters

                    what is the difference between debt and deficit?

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                      C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by calfoxwc
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                      I think the rest of the world should adopt a constitution exactly in structure

                      like ours.

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                        @calfoxwc said:

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

                        Lol..I guess you can say that.

                        Listen to these Michigan products...

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                        MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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                        Stuart said:

                        Lol..I guess you can say that.

                        Listen to these Michigan products...

                        So... I watched some of that.

                        1) Jesus that guy is annoying

                        2) Cutting together random encounters on the street can make any group look bad

                        3) Why are some on here so against education? Do you really think profs are just brainwashing students to be liberal? Do you just listen to people like thus to explain college to you? Is it just a way to discredit any educated "elitist"?

                        What was your college experience Bunker?

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                          W Westside Steve wrote on last edited by Westside Steve
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                          I'd imagine that the engineering department has a lot less left-wing indoctrination then some of the liberal arts or political science departments. Just a guess..

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                            Browns149B Browns149 wrote on last edited by
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                            What kind of job does a degree in liberal arts get you?

                            "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
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                              What kind of job does a degree in liberal arts get you?

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                              LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares wrote on last edited by
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                              @browns149 said:

                              What kind of job does a degree in liberal arts get you?

                              Teacher, cashier, street poet, etc. unless you go on to start your own business related to your degree or become an entertainer.

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                                @browns149 said:

                                What kind of job does a degree in liberal arts get you?

                                Teacher, cashier, street poet, etc. unless you go on to start your own business related to your degree or become an entertainer.

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                                MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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                                @logicisforsquares said:

                                Teacher, cashier, street poet, etc. unless you go on to start your own business related to your degree or become an entertainer.

                                To be fair, Liberal Arts includes degrees that can result in "legitimate" jobs.

                                How about, Liberal Arts - STEM degrees

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                                  WalterWhiteW WalterWhite wrote on last edited by
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                                  I have an idea for the OP -

                                  Shut the fuck up and enjoy your own shitty PC vomit inducing monarchy.

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                                    🙁

                                    Here is one of those "on the street videos" filmed from my hometown. It makes Strongsville look like shit..

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                                      What kind of job does a degree in liberal arts get you?

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                                      @browns149 said:

                                      What kind of job does a degree in liberal arts get you?

                                      Well when I went to college there were flyers all over the bulletin board pushing applications from recent graduates. The companies were corporations of various types but many of them specified any degree. I'm assuming that someone who puts the time and effort into graduating has a certain type of responsibility that would be valuable to a company. Especially opposed to 1 or 2 years dicking around in college which shows lack of same.

                                      I think things may be different in today's market and a more specified degree would be preferred.

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                                        @browns149 said:

                                        What kind of job does a degree in liberal arts get you?

                                        Well when I went to college there were flyers all over the bulletin board pushing applications from recent graduates. The companies were corporations of various types but many of them specified any degree. I'm assuming that someone who puts the time and effort into graduating has a certain type of responsibility that would be valuable to a company. Especially opposed to 1 or 2 years dicking around in college which shows lack of same.

                                        I think things may be different in today's market and a more specified degree would be preferred.

                                        WSS

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                                        MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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                                        @westside-steve said:

                                        Well when I went to college there were flyers all over the bulletin board pushing applications from recent graduates. The companies were corporations of various types but many of them specified any degree. I'm assuming that someone who puts the time and effort into graduating has a certain type of responsibility that would be valuable to a company. Especially opposed to 1 or 2 years dicking around in college which shows lack of same.

                                        I think things may be different in today's market and a more specified degree would be preferred.

                                        WSS

                                        Well, those are liberal arts degrees.

                                        Get a STEM major and you'll have specific jobs to apply for

                                        (some more broad than others. As an ME, I can really apply to almost any engineering job. Also, finance/consulting places take engineers as well. It is much easier to teach an engineer/STEM major business then teach a business major math/quantitative skills/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!
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                                          I have an idea for the OP -

                                          Shut the fuck up and enjoy your own shitty PC vomit inducing monarchy.

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                                          gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                                          @walterwhite said:

                                          I have an idea for the OP -

                                          Shut the fuck up and enjoy your own shitty PC vomit inducing monarchy.

                                          Oh hey there! How have you been? Missed you 😁

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