The skin in the game is citizenship of the United States of America.
Edit to add: If you think putting conditions upon votership is a good thing, think again. What happens if the people we oppose gain power again? You think that wouldn't be used against you? Think about who would be arbiters of this decision. Wake up.
P.S. What you are describing is oligarchy. No room for that bullshit in a Constitutional Republic.
Disagree. Have SOME sort of skin in the game. (TBF, my "maybe an all out ban for anyone involved in academia or journalism" was humor, tho. maybe.)
The skin in the game is citizenship of the United States of America.
Edit to add: If you think putting conditions upon votership is a good thing, think again. What happens if the people we oppose gain power again? You think that wouldn't be used against you? Think about who would be arbiters of this decision. Wake up.
P.S. What you are describing is oligarchy. No room for that bullshit in a Constitutional Republic.