If you were to run for higher office in your country, what controversial thing would the vetting process uncover about you?
If you were to run for higher office in your country, what controversial thing would the vetting process uncover about you?
I'm not at all qualified to be in charge of anything.
Thank god, finally someone to vote for with a good head on their shoulders.
what controversial thing would the vettong process uncover about you?
Nice try, FBI!
:-)
I'm an ex-Mormon and Satanist, I'm largely a socialist, I am very pro-gun and would support revocation of the NFA of 1934, and also pro LGBTQ+, feminist, pro-abortion, in favor of raising top marginal tax rates to 95%, instituting wealth taxes on total assets owned or controlled in excess of $100M (and total seizure if convicted of trying to conceal the ownership), support revoking corporate personhood through constitutional amendment, I'm in favor if widespread public transit, and favor taxing oil companies out of existence to pay for it, support Ukraine without reservation, blah blah blah.
I am unelectable for any political party in the US.
I would vote for you. Especially cause Satanist, but I support your entire platform.
Depending on how your gun policies are, I might be able to swallow that in exchange for everything else
I'm generally in favor of the fewest possible restrictions; I'd rather change the cultural attitude and situations that lead to violence in the first place than restrict the tools that people use. Cramming tons of poor people with no hope for a better future into a very small area, for instance; that's a pretty solid predictor of bad outcomes.
First, I think that any costs associated with laws on gun ownership should be covered by income and wealth taxes. (I also think that state and national parks should be funded the same way; I oppose fee-based gov't services. It's it's a public good that the gov't should be performing, then it should be fully funded.)
I would absolutely favor mandatory training for people that wanted to own firearms, but I'd also make sure that training was on-demand, easily accessed, and paid for by income taxes and not fees. (So, like, Cook County, IL couldn't have only one class every month that meets 30 miles east of O'Hare at 3:30am on Tuesday morning, with a maximum of five spots open, all to make sure that very, very few people can legally own firearms.) I do generally think that people should know under what circumstances they can legally use lethal force, and I'd support free--as above--classes for anyone that wanted a carry permit. Carry permits should be free to people that have attended the classes. I support free universal background checks on all firearm transfers. I'd have to consult with how to make background checks on private transfers work, because I wouldn't want Joe Schmoe holding onto a 4473 that I filled out--too much personal information--but I also don't want the gov't having a database of all private transfers that would become a de facto registry.
I'm generally in favor of removing the rights from someone once they have been convicted of a violent offense, but not usually otherwise. (I think that 'violent offense' would need to be carefully defined so that states couldn't e.g. redefine speeding as a violent offense.) I think red flag laws might be a good idea--people planning acts of mass murder usually 'leak' information in the days or weeks prior--but the way they're currently implemented is not good at all, and it can take months to get your rights back.
Hello doppelganger. Except, I'm ex-JW, just a garden variety humanist, and have no clue what the nfa of 1934 is.
So in the US when we want to make something illegal, and that thing happens to be a constitutional right, we levy a tax against it. Then we only issue tax stamps to very select few people, or simply refuse to issue them at all. NFA 1934 is one of those weird tax scheme that makes you obtain a $200 tax stamp to have certain types of weapons. They are heavily controlled and non-transferable without going through a similar process.
Here's more info about it if you care to look into it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act
We also did this with Marijuana during that same time: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937
You have my vote already!
I'm a filthy socialist, which is enough for almost half the US.
I've been putting a BA on my resume for decades, but I don't have a degree.
... does that work? Because I'm halfway through a degree here, and honestly, if that works...
If the job requires it, they'll probably check. If the job doesn't require it but the hiring manager has a bias towards college graduates (hint: they all do) then it works.
Probably depends on the field.
I'm a software developer and only my first job ever cared for my degree. My current employer actually never saw my degree/diploma or anything. I just said I had it.
Now, if you'd work at a bank/in finance or have a degree in a more regulated industry, they'll probably check.
…until someone starts to double check
I put my university, the years I attended, and my major and minor focus of study.
It's not a lie, and if pressed, I always tell the truth. It's become a non issue as my professional experience has mounted and now my resume and references speak for itself.
But, unless I'm asked directly...
Nobody needs to know I dropped out first semester of my senior year due to a crippling drug addiction. Or as I phrase it, a period in my life where I needed to tend to a family medical emergency.
I give a shit about minorities
On top of that, being a minority alone can be a huge disadvantage.
Student's performance is inconsistent
Drugs mostly. No criminal records or anything, but I'd probably have to pay out some hush money
Controversial to whom?
Party officials who want to make sure there aren't any skeletons in your closet that will cause an issue on the campaign trail.
Which party... Die Partie? It's the only one I would run for. (Or it's Canadian equivalent: Rhinoceros)
I've shared so many nudes
Just gotta own it like LBJ, who was (apparently) naked somewhat frequently in office.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
I'm trying to remember where you got this quote.
West Wing?
First line of Bilbo Baggins's birthday speech.
Get people to fund their own smear campaign? Creative!
Nice try, FBI.
Even before getting into political stances, I've done ethical non monogamy for years. Makes a lot of people uncomfortable.
I am a casual Satanist and I'm asexual.
Let's see here... Trans, furry, poor mental health, unmarried, jaded, has made comments about "eating the rich" that have gotten a little too real, would absolutely instruct the CIA to create Operation Glass Ceiling: a highly illegal operation designed to keep any single american from getting too wealthy, would have the CIA stage accidents involving politicians too old or who've been in office too long.
I stand a very good chance of getting elected, don't you think?
has made comments about “eating the rich” that have gotten a little too real
Elaborate …?
USA:
I would be running on a social democratic platform with a focus on urbanism, affordable housing and tough-on-landlords policies, de-escalation with China, stopping state governments from being aggressive toward Mexico, and introducing a bodily autonomy amendment to the Constitution, with rhetoric that attempts to take the notion of American pride back from conservatives and warmongerers.
I was one of those people stopped being "anti-SJW" when Unite the Right happened, and later I flirted with anarcho-communist ideas (I'm still in my early 20s, this is more common with American youth than you'd think.) The former would turn off my social democratic base, the latter would discourage centrist voters. Also my views on race don't align perfectly with the American progressive orthodoxy (it has a lot to do with being mixed race, though I don't think my views are popular with mixed people either.) And I crossdress (might boost me with socdems but halt momentum with undecideds and old people.)
I have bipolar disorder lmao
That I'm a conscientious objector and oppose war.
looks at home instance name That I hang out with furries. Still considered a more controversial thing than actually evil things in politics in my country.
I once wore a nazi armband and did a nazi salute for a photo.
Not sure I could recover from that.
That I'm a dirty Marxist lol
Broadly gestures at comment history
I'm a dirty, disgusting, heathen communist.