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To: Nervous Tick

No. We wanted you to spell the word “backwards” in the regular, forwards direction.

Sorry, you failed. Come back next year.


53 posted on 06/29/2013 6:56:22 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Yeah, I get your point.

There are actually two important questions raised here:

1) is THIS test fair?

2) Is the concept of literacy testing of voters a good idea?

As to 1): if EVERY voter (black, white, rich, poor, etc.) has to take the test under the same conditions, then a particular crummy test will quickly be rejected. And if NOT every voter has to take it, then absolutely, on its face the test is unfair.

As for 2). I offer as a constructive proof the mess we’re in now, with low information voters electing totally unsuitable governance at every level.

But to be honest, given a choice between a “literacy test” or a “skin-in-the-game test” (the simplest of which would be a poll tax), I’d vote for the latter in a heartbeat. Non producers simply SHOULD NOT be able to vote themselves largesse.


73 posted on 06/29/2013 7:01:48 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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