Should requirements for being elected into the federal government?

[raven6933]

This is a Yay or Nay vote.

Background check including international, a high school diploma which must include civics, no corporate money can accepted, must have been elected to your local government

Can be a "celebrity" with no qualifications

[Gummy_Cluster]

Here are my requirements.

1. No politician can be elected into a political office.

2. A proven resume of success.

3. Must take a cognitive ability test.

4. One and done term limits.

5. If instead of voting yay or nay, and just vote "present." you're fired.

[exitseven]

Who makes up the Cognitive ability test? Who gets to define what "success means? If you ran for town selectman ten years ago does that disqualify you? These are all things that can be used to rig an election.

[Gummy_Cluster]

@exitseven

Who makes the test? Trump took the test and Biden refused. As long as they take the same test, I don't care who makes it.

Who defines what success is? Your job history. Working at McDonald's wouldn't count.

If you ran for office and didn't win, you wouldn't be a politician. I don't want politicians in politics.

[exitseven]

@gummy_cluster. If you knew in advance who would be taking the test it would not take much to make it favor one applicant over the other.

[Gummy_Cluster]

@exitseven

Then make a standardized test right now and make it available to the public. As it stands now, you don't have to prove you're cognitively capable of being the president.

[exitseven]

Okay, I will come up with one before the general election

[Gummy_Cluster]

@exitseven
You should. I watched the funniest YouTube video of an SNL skit. It was a spoof on the game show Jeopardy. They had a version of Burt Reynolds, Jeff Goldblum & Sean Connery. Alex Trebek was getting annoyed because they were all so stupid, that they couldn't answer any questions.

Alex Trebek: OK, so I'm going to make this easier. Just name any number.

Jeff Goldblum: Wind?
Burt Reynolds: Blue?
Sean Connery: I got your mamma's number.

So when you make your test, dumb it down to make it fair in case Kamala and AOC are running.

Exit: Just name any number.

Biden: I thought there was going to be ice cream.
Kamala: cackle, cackle cackle.
AOC: This question is racist.
Hillary: I suppose you already gave Trump the answer to this.
Gavin Newsom: You like my new hair gel?
Pete Buttigieg: Many bridges are racist.
Elizabeth Warren: Thanks to you white people, we didn't have running water in our teepee

[abbyjgriffin98]

I mean, there technically are requirements. I know you have to be an American citizen (naturally born or residing in America as a legal citizen for a certain amount of time that I don't remember). You also can't be convicted of a felony and you have to be at least 35 years of age. And you are only allowed two terms.

[exitseven]

The problem with having requirement to hold public office is that the qualifications are decided by people with an agenda. If we were to have requirements they should just be no convicted felons and all people. not just the president and VP are natural born citizens.