Only honest people who want to achieve a positive goal in society and have the appropriate knowledge and abilities are able to draw up appropriate tests. But, the simplest test may be the following - you need to exclude all voters who voted for Trump. For the one who votes for a dishonest and obviously stupid person is not worthy to elect the US president, and is not worthy to be a voter at all. Speaking in more detail, the tests should reveal political intelligence, the availability of education in the field of understanding the economy, law, personality traits, as well as the main question - a person should understand people and elect honest and competent politicians. Still, it is necessary to introduce a qualification test for US presidential candidates. And also for senators and congressmen. Since Republican congressmen and senators supported Trump, knowing that he could harm the United States, they are unworthy to occupy seats in the Senate and Congress.
Including, all current US politicians and congressmen, members of the government, should take the oath to always tell the truth. All current politicians and presidential candidates must be tested with a lie detector. The lies of any of the officials (including the president) should lead to his resignation, if proved in court. In addition, control authorities should be formed from persons elected on the basis of a special qualification. They must have the right to lustration (resign) of officials, and the veto over laws that do not comply with the US Constitution and the basic interests of US citizens.
The right of impeachment should not be with the Senate and Congress, but with the control bodies, elected on the basis of special qualifications. Since the Senate and Congress depend on voters, while the control bodies are not dependent on voters, but depend only on qualifications. When US political forces understand this and want to maintain power, they themselves will vote for the appropriate qualification, since it will clear the US political system of populism and lies. And also from slavish following the opinion of incompetent voters.
All this should be new amendments to the US Constitution.
Hi SocTheory,
As far as I am concerned you are on to something here mate! My motivations may differ here and there, but conceptionally we are talking the same thing. Here some of the thoughts i have had on this in the past;
- The system is old. Yes, amendments have been made to the constitution, but the system is still old.
- Our society is changing at an ever increasing rate. Yes, it has always changed, but the changes are bigger and follow each other faster and faster. Yet the government does everything the way it always did at the same pace as 200 years ago. That is not acceptable anymore in our society.
- People who want to run for election should be scrutinized before the are allowed to run. This should include:
* IQ Test.
* Psychological tests.
* Secret Service evaluation.
* Certificate of good behavior. You are in a position where you are an example. So bad examples are simply not allowed.
- Make the elections fair for all. No more district altering to favor one party over an other party.
- All Citizens can vote.
- Every vote is one vote. Vote weight is independent from state.
Now this may be a nice start, but it is only the beginning though.
There need to be further rules and regulations in place for people running for election and people voted in office during election. Officials or people running for such a position can only make statements that have been verified by a commission on both feasibility and truthfulness. When a newly suggested policy is introduced the costs, feasibility, benefits and the negative side effects of the policy all need to be announced as well. Making false statements must have consequences. But the current situation where any official can say what suits his career best has to stop. The spreading of incorrect information needs to stop. People need to be able to trust the words that come to them from the government. And right now this is not the case.
Now this is of course not gonna happen anytime soon. First it all needs to boil over to the extend where a lot of people die and then maybe, just maybe, some (only some) of these idea may get implemented. I like your idea, but I just don't see it happen anytime soon. However, the likes of you and me talking about this can only help I guess so hence my response.
Now yes, the above may have been triggered in part because of the Trumpet, but it has nothing to do with the republican party or the democratic party in particular. After all the Trumpet has chosen the republican party because it suited him best. It could have been the democratic party for all he cared. But he is definitely not a republican. Real republicans would not try to ruin the country. They would try to preserve it.
Joey