[HangnJudge]

Everyone, even the natural born Americans
should have to earn citizenship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers

I agree with this one
Citizenship should be an earned status

Lets say...
Three years of service to the Country
Could be Military, CCC, or other Service, but

Must be Under Command,
Served Faithfully,
Discharged Honorably

[wintertime]

graduate high school
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gee! All this extra time in a godless socialist indoctrination camp, how is this going to help citizenship?

[cripplecreek]

You can always leave the country.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

How come when we speak of the importance of preserving (for example) Mexican culture, which is like tacos, salsa music, donkeys, having lots of children, and working hard, we can’t similarly extol the virtues of American culture, which is driving around in cars, eating too much junk food, inventing incredible stuff, television, sports, and yes, the ability and more importantly the right to own firearms?

[central_va]

Voting should be weighted based on your tax returns, The more taxes you pay the more your vote counts. Say 1 vote for every 5K in federal tax for the previous 4 years. This one “man” = one vote thing is BS. Anyone on public assistance doest not get to vote.

[Navy Patriot]

Earning rights can be a good idea, but everything depends on the good guys being in charge of the establishment that issues the merit.

Mandatory military service for citizenship is OK, unless the military is allied with the Muslim Brotherhood under orders from a Muslim CIC, and is assisting the MB in cleansing Christians from States that don't wish to be part of the World Caliphate.

I would have trouble serving in that military.

Same with graduating from public school government indoctrination center. I would have trouble with that, also.

Note my tagline.

[familyop]

"...they should not be able to vote unless they are a citizen. Military service should guaranty citizenship assuming there was no dishonorable discharge. Otherwise you should have to keep your nose clean graduate high school..."

..."graduate high school" and what, beside being indoctrinated in a commie public school by commies? Do women's studies? I don't think so.

And I did military service. If you're going to require that for voting, let's go all the way. Only those of us who were enlisted (not officers) in ground combat specialties (no girls) really paid our dues. [Little irony and sarcasm there, my former commanders.]

Or how about setting a lower income threshold? Oh, yeah, that would go over good.

Or like cripplecreek said, you can always leave the country. This is my United States of Whatever, and all of my numerous descendents will be populating this country, too! So maybe you'll consider it to be overpopulated. Not me.

[familyop]

I would go along with the military requirement, if the 19th Amendment were gone first. ;-)

[Heart of Georgia]

You do realize that after the race hustlers, activists, community organizers, special interests groups, politicians, and lawyers (basically every corrupt faction in the country) have their say, liberals would make sure to weed out those who they determine won’t use their vote the “right” way.

Guess who gets weeded out and never gets to vote.

No thanks.

[nickcarraway]

Why would you want to "earn" citizenship, when we keep seeing you lose more and more rights because of it? If you are not a citizen, you have more rights, and less obligations.