There are several things this country messed up on, but I don’t think universal suffrage is one of those. The mistakes are:

(1) We should have had a balance budget amendment in the constitution. The only exception would be in times of a declared war.

(2) We should have given the president a line-item veto in the constitution. This would have prevented some of the congressional pork projects we have seen.

(3) Should have been term limits on House (6 terms total) and Senate (2 terms total). This would have prevented states and districts from re-electing congressmen for the pure purpose of getting them goodies via seniority. Also should be limits on federal judges (no more then 15 years at a certain bench), same with federal employees (no more than 15 years total in the federal government) with an exception for the military. Public Service should not be a lifetime job.

I am sure there are others we could have done. Oh well, maybe in the next America we can fix those things.

The real debt danger is from people’s sense of entitlement

…you forgot ‘and the pandering a##holes in our government that cater to them….’

Anybody else ever hear that old canard…’The world doesn’t owe you a living..’ growing up?

If yer alive and kicking and can shamble your sorry ass to the voting booth…YOU DESERVE is the new credo!!

Parasites Unite!!!

trigon on January 15, 2013 at 8:22 PM

Anyone who is a net taxpayer.

trigon on January 15, 2013 at 8:22 PM

I agree with your beef about universal suffrage, but I have always maintained that no-one on the public payroll should be allowed to vote – including benefits.

Active duty military or veterans. Police and firefighters.

Real property owners over a certain dollar amount. (The dollar limit would prevent liberals form dividing some property up into a ridiculously small portion and claiming a franchise.)

Business owners who provide jobs for others.

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