Posted on 08/05/2012 6:50:59 PM PDT by Wharthog1775
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
graduate high school
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gee! All this extra time in a godless socialist indoctrination camp, how is this going to help citizenship?
You can always leave the country.
Not a chance. That makes the individual a servant of the state, not the other way around. It means our rights are not inherent but are at the whim of the state. It is akin to how feudal systems operate.
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Indeed, it is slavery.
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?
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.
It effectively begins to change the constitution to “You have these rights if....”.
I think I prefer my rights God given.
Military. Not anything else. No Community Service, no nothing. You wanna vote, you join the Military and do your time. You dont want to vote, you can join any damn thing else.
You can’t make it through boot camp. No problem, you tried and you can’t vote. Se la freakin vida loca. Don’t like it, you get a free one way ticket to, Communist China, North Korea, Iran, ........even Syria.
Military. Not anything else. No Community Service, no nothing. You wanna vote, you join the Military and do your time. You dont want to vote, you can join any damn thing else.
You can’t make it through boot camp. No problem, you tried and you can’t vote. Se la freakin vida loca. Don’t like it, you get a free one way ticket to, Communist China, North Korea, Iran, ........even Syria.
pardon the double post
Earned Citizenship is the first step in creating a Meritocracy
IMHO - the Republic is Broken and must be Replaced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy
It is a very durable form of Governance
Agreed.
Veterans vote should count 5x. Weighted vote.
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.
As was said before,
Rights are inherent to all
They are not infringed
However...
If one does not Serve the Country,
The Country is not obligated to Serve back
The Obligating of Service is Mutual
This includes ALL the Social Supports
There is no Obligation to Serve the Country
You are Free to do what You Will
But the Social Services of the Government are for those Served
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Government Schools, etc.
Voting in an innate aspect of this
A Vote is a Command to the Government to do your Will
The Government is not Commanded
unless one has served Under Command
I would go along with the military requirement, if the 19th Amendment were gone first. ;-)
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