Scary Thought
Tom MacDonald, who serves on our Board of Scholars, wrote a thoughtful piece, “US Elections Decided by Know-Nothings.”
He has a great point. But it doesn’t stop with the voter. I fear that our elected representatives are, all too often, “know-nothings.”
Perhaps we should insist that our candidates for public office take a test. You and I get tested before we can drive a car, why not insist candidates know something before they can file for office. What something? How about the basic concepts that founded our nation?
How about being able to read, write and do arithmetic?
Oops. If given such a test how many incumbents would fail?
Scary thought.