Sunday, July 06, 2014

Who Should Vote?

I know this is a sensitive subject, but do you think seriously ignorant uninformed people should be allowed to vote? People who have no grasp of basic economics, no knowledge of basic American History, no knowledge of the civil structure our government work within, no knowledge of what the rule of law is and what that means. I don't think it is out of bounds to ask a person who votes to demonstrate at a basic level some grasp of what they are voting for or on. The level of profound ignorance and low information in our nation is a threat to our society. It is destroying us.

Thomas Jefferson spoke of these things and it applies today:

"nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle." READ THAT TELEVISION TODAY

Thomas Jefferson to John Norvell, June 11, 1807

"I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared."

Thomas Jefferson to William Plumer, July 21, 1816

"bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both."

Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, August 1, 1816

"I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country."

Thomas Jefferson to Hugh P. Taylor, October 4, 1823

"Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." THE COROLLARY IS UNINFORMED CANNOT BE TRUSTED

Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, January 8, 1789

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