Re: Tariffs and bikes

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 10:45:26 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 4/6/2025 10:21 AM, AMuzi wrote:

 
On a more serious note, there are advocates for passing the immigrant
citizen tests before voter registration.  On one side, I think that
would be great in concept but on the other, I doubt many of my fellow
voters could pass even with some study effort.

As I recall, Jefferson envisioned an America comprised largely of
educated farmers; and given the period's treatment of women and blacks,
I highly doubt he would have wanted _everyone_ to be allowed to vote. In
that context, ISTM he might have accepted the idea of first passing a test.
>
But tests for voting have a very bad history in the U.S.

No tests for voting has potentially more problems with so many
non-citizens running around in the country. One needs a "real ID" to
board a commercial flight and to get into any federal building,
military base, or a nuclear power plant (Why would anyone want to do
that?)  

It's pretty easy for citizens to get... hard for non-citizens...
that's the point.

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C'est bon
Soloman