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A Pop Quiz to discover how informed, how ignorant, or how morally OK or morally bankrupt a candidate for U.S. President really is…


1. What kind of economy does the United States have?
a. Capitalist.
b. Socialist.
c. Neo-conservative
d. Mixed, (factually correct—we have both public and private ownership of means of production)

2. Do you support shutting down the U.S. government for any reason or no reason at all?
a. Yes. (morally unacceptable answer)
b. No.

3. Do you believe politicians know more about a woman’s body than women do?
a. Yes. (factually and morally stupid answer)
b. No. (factually and morally correct answer)

4, Which of the following contributes most to GDP?
a. The wealthy.
b. Republicans.
c. Tax cuts.
d. Consumer spending. (factually correct at approx 70 percent)

5. Should anyone who has used the law to refuse to “take up arms” in defense of the United States ever be permitted to be the Commander in Chief of the United States?
a. Yes. (only morally unacceptable answer)
b. No.

6. Should voting laws for some political advantage be forbidden by law?
a. Yes. (morally unacceptable answer)
b. No.

7. Should members of the U.S. Supreme Court have term limits?
a. Yes.
b. No. (does he know about the corruption of power thesis?)

8. Should we acknowledge that “equality of all citizens,” and the pursuit of “life, liberty, and happiness” are equal to or higher moral rights than are the rights articulated in the Constitution?
a. Yes. (Lincoln argued that the Constitution should be interpreted in light of the moral principles in the Declaration of Independence)
b. No.

9. Should a capital gain from securities sale be taxed at a lower rate than wage income?
a. Yes. (Capital gains contribute very little to tax revenues or to GDP)
b. No. (Wages are mostly spent and contribute to GDP, employment, profits, and
taxes)

10. Do you favor an automatic Constitutional Convention every 25 years in order to bring our Constitution up-to-date with the times, or to correct bad decisions from the Supreme Court?
a. Yes. (Our methods for changing the Constitution are too wieldy and need to be modified)
b. No.

11. Which of the following contributes second most to U.S. GDP?
a. Tax cuts to the wealthy.
b. Philanthropy.
c. Tax loop holes.
d. Government spending. (Factually correct at approx. 23 percent)

12. Are corporations “people” or deserving of the same rights as people?
a. Yes. (too stupid)
b. No.

13. Are you aware that money does not grow on trees, i.e., it comes from a finite pool?
a. Yes.
b. No. (too stupid)

14. Are you aware that anyone’s income that is higher than the average income must mathematically lower the average income?
a. Yes.
b. No. (way too stupid)

15. Do you believe in building personal dynasties via the inheritance laws that could theoretically grow and grow and last forever?
a. Yes. (too arrogant)
b. No.

16. Are you aware that the United States is rapidly becoming a plutocracy (rule by the wealthy)?
a. Yes. (A wealth Gini coefficient of 0.85 means we are already there)
b. No. (If he/she doesn’t know what a Gini coefficient is, too dumb to be pres.)

17. A tenet of law states that “ignorance of the law” excuses no one. Should such a tenet apply to this set of questions?
a. Yes. (strong indicator of Presidential brilliance)
b. No. (ditto for gross stupidity and decadence in and out of office)