Dumb Idea of the Day Courtesy of Ezra Klein

The American Catholic ^ | 5/18/11 | Donald R. McClarey

[Nachum]

Ezra Klein, the founder of journolist, proves yet again why whatever the Washington Post is paying him is much too much: Here’s your out-of-the-box policy idea for the day: America should implement weighted voting to make voting more objective and fair, and give the young more power, because the consequences of political decisions will affect them the longest.

[Mopp4]

Good lord.....how long before one of these boneheads suggests that we pick the President the same way as American Idol ???

[SgtHooper]

I like some of the weighting ideas posed herein, but yes, have to agree. There would be weighting “gerrymandering”.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Constitution explained in EXACTLY 500 words:

http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2010/12/the-constitution-is-very-important.html

[jospehm20]

That is a great idea.

[jimfree]

I support proportional voting - based on taxes paid.

[Max in Utah]

Just raise the voting age to 40.

[opentalk]

He also recently claimed the constitution is outdated because it it over 100 years old. He is a joke, the MSM keeps giving him venues.

[opentalk]

He and Megan McCain seem to think they are the hip new generation. They know best.

[wordsofearnest]

What a maroon.