PCATS

Politicians Comprehensive Assessment Tests

I was required to pass grueling written and oral tests to obtain a Professional Engineer’s license.

Many other vocations (Doctors/Lawyers/Beauticians/Plumbers/Electricians etc) are required to pass a test before being issued a license.           

Every teenager must take a written and driving test before getting a license.

High school students take MCATS/FCATS tests that are used to establish competence when applying for college acceptance.

Why aren’t Politicians required to pass a PCATS before running for office?

Shouldn’t the people who will determine our future be required to prove competence?

A Few Suggested areas of PCAT test:

Basic Math

Math application problems.  Example; If 200,000 jobs are lost every week and 200,000 jobs are created every month what is the net gain or loss of jobs for the month

Problem Analysis and Solution:

Economics and Bank/Trading Regulations

Pros and Cons of Capialism, Communism, Socialism, Dictatorships

Business 101

   Profit/Loss Statements

            If you are operating at 10% profit and a new gov’t reg is applied that will cost  $100,000/year, how much will you have to increase sales/year to pay for the reg?

            What is a Balance Sheet---Describe use and Elements

Civics-Ethics - Election laws for fund raising

The Constitution including all amendments

Our Intelligence System(Nancy Pelosi thinks it should be transparent!)

We need intelligent, principled people in government. This PCATS requirement would help.

There are probably many bright men in Congress. I know it is difficult to say this since so many appear to incompetent, misinformed, lacking in common sense and down right stupid.

I have also proposed that a Candidate must have run a small business for a minimum of two years and have supported and paid for all family expenses from the business profit. The objective being to educate candidates that profit is not a dirty word and that dealing with government rules and regulation is time consuming, expensive and exasperating and takes time that should be used to run a business. Excuse me, but dealing with borough, city, township, county, state and federal officials caused me to sell my business. Dealing with hundreds of auditors with Napoleon Complexes was maddening.

Please read my previous Blogs

2/26/2012 Government Math

2/27/2012 Politician Tax Proposals

3/7/2012   How many Zeros in a Billion

4//11/2012 Who is spending your $

4/12/2012  Gasoline price

4/23/2012  Buffett Rule is BS

Perhaps all the talking TV heads and political journalists should also be required to pass a PCATS test! Oh, forget that---You can’t fix stupid!