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TheTruthBeKnown

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6. We could have mental health testing

Reply to denverbill (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 03:11 PM

Aug 2013

Currently, mental health is not required to be in office. All I have to say is 'TeaBagger', 'Libertarian' or 'Ghomert' and rest my case. The level of delusion & insanness in RW officeholders is alarming.

As a requirement to be in the lottery pool a person would have to submit to a mental health exam. That would weed out the village idiots. There would be other issues to consider but a lottery would be far better than the election purchasing process we have now.

If it was good enough for Athens (birthplace of democracy) it's good enough for the US.

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Scrap Elections & Have Lotteries [View all] TheTruthBeKnown Aug 2013 OP

Athens saw it as basic to democracy MisterP Aug 2013 #1

Thanks for that link! TheTruthBeKnown Aug 2013 #3

I even thought a lottery from a pool of prisoners would give us a better, more honest government." BlueJazz Aug 2013 #2

It is sad, but true! TheTruthBeKnown Aug 2013 #4

It would probably be an improvement. Good luck getting it passed though. denverbill Aug 2013 #5

We could have mental health testing TheTruthBeKnown Aug 2013 #6

There was a children's book ... surrealAmerican Aug 2013 #7

I have pushed this idea for a long time - make it like jury duty whopis01 Aug 2013 #8