vbranger Hillary for Prison
01/15/13 7:43 pm
Fast & Furious,Benghazi,Solyndra, AAA downgrade,Did nothing on Oil Spill Disaster for 30 days,6.5 tril new debt, unaffordable health care,blames Bush and everyone else for his failures but takes credit if its good, more lavish vacations than any other pres, no spending cuts, what else can we ask for
seandolan93 Cascadia
01/14/13 2:43 pm
Our founders envisioned a citizen's legislature, not the career professional job it has become. You serve your country for a few years and you go back to whatever it is you do. Don't proffesionalize office anymore than it is.
cowboy Dog Father
01/14/13 11:58 am
At least I'm smarter than the President. I know how many States there are and that Hawaii, Obama's home state is, in fact, not in Asia.
levicindy
01/13/13 9:26 pm
Just think, to be elected to a School Board seat, you don't even have to have a high school diploma. You don't even have to finish high school.
jmatsby
01/13/13 6:27 pm
The gov't needs to invest when private investment drops, such as after the financial crisis. Unfortunately our fiscal situation was already a mess, but we could and did take on more debt. Yes, at some point the government needs to balance out, but I believe now is not the time for drastic cuts.
ScrewU Gone
01/13/13 4:18 pm
We have a LOT of idiots and criminals in office.
If my plumber needs a license to fix my sink, a politician should be made to show proficiency in their job as well.
RayX quit
01/13/13 3:21 pm
Taxes reduce capital investments and therefore reduce jobs.
The interest on the debt is money not spent on safety nets.
You should consider joining the TEA party.
tcat21
01/13/13 2:57 pm
Absolutely not. The people get the government they deserve. WE have to become better informed, especially on local and state elections.
MPL09 Ohio
01/13/13 1:31 pm
You thought i was proposing that we actually go back to WMPO being the only ones to vote? I was saying that if we did have the tests,it would take us back to a time in our country when we had a small group of people able to be a part of the government.
Justin-Hale The A
01/13/13 1:12 pm
@aria25...indeed. But mitt Romney is a joke and we still had to choose the better option, as sad as that is...but let's not pretend we had a better choice
leary Dulag Luft
01/13/13 11:00 am
Do we amend for term limits? We have a two term limit and the county still lost (as in can't find) a million bucks. We just get different dopes every few years. I'd like to figure out how to make them responsible for their decisions.
Supremacyst Utopia
01/13/13 7:59 am
I think that it should not be a prerequisite, but a basic competency and understanding of economics and government AFTER they have been chosen for a position. That would hopefully keep it from obstructing the voting system and allow non-career politicians to be elected.
evoecon nearest binary system
01/13/13 7:19 am
Sorry, this is so dumbfounding for you. The House, especially, is designed for the common man to represent himself. Testing would prevent this. Based on the current Politicians, I would rather have some of these 80 years olds, with only a six grade education, in Congress.
christine1986
01/13/13 6:02 am
That would require educated voters. All we have are democrats and republican who vote for who/what democrats and republicans are told to vote for.
b3tsy Missouri
01/12/13 11:21 pm
they are elected officials. if we want smart people in office, vote for the smart people. we get what we vote for. we are supposed vet the candidates before we vote. this is part of the responsibility of freedom. but i know that responsibility is actually a four letter word now-a-days...
bmarie
01/12/13 9:54 pm
Mark Pryor is a idiot. I mean have you ever seen religuous? YES you should have to past a test!!! Someone with that kind of power... Who are running our country should come equipped with intelligence, empathy, and compassion. I'm sure they'd find some way to cheat them too though.
RayX quit
01/12/13 9:51 pm
A problem well defined is half solved.
You think the problem is jobs and safety net for the needy.
You don't see any problem with spending $4 trillion and collecting $2.3 trillion.
How do you think overspending, large debt and high interest cost help jobs or safety net?
LetsGetDeep Florida
01/12/13 9:28 pm
I'm completely dumbfounded. So we require doctors, lawyers, engineers, scientists, etc, etc, etc to prove their competence with a multitude of tests and certifications but anyone who can talk should run our country??
jmatsby
01/12/13 9:11 pm
Well, us extremes would rather talk about what we think is the real problem, which is lack of jobs and the weakening of our social safety net, not the deficit which we do not see as the immediate problem. Otherwise we are fine with the Tea party cannibalizing the Republican Party.
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