Posted on 01/08/2015 7:31:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Buyer's remorse among America's Obama-supporting youth? One would hope so.
Young America's Foundation released its latest Youth Misery Index – a compilation of what the organization considers the three most important statistics to determine how young people in the United States are doing. Those stats are youth unemployment (18.1%), average graduating debt ($30,000), and national debt per capita ($58,400). YAF calls these numbers, respectively, "one of the highest levels since World War II," "record-breaking," and "the highest ever."
Put them all together, and you get a Youth Misery Index of 106.5.
I corresponded with YAF's Ashley Pratte on the significance of the numbers. Per Pratte, "this isn't the hope and change that America wanted – especially its young people." When I asked her about the youth's stereotypical support of Democratic policies, she suggested that Millennials are starting to turn around, at least on the current government: "today, Millennials are disenchanted with the Obama administration and are jaded in regard to the federal government. Young America's Foundation polling shows that 60% of young people disagree with federal government intrusion in our daily lives."
Pratte was unequivocal about where America's youth's woes are coming from. "We attribute the disproportionate amount of unemployed Millennials to Obama's massive expansion of the federal government. This administration has tried to create a permanent dependent class out of this generation – hoping they will seek the government as the solution to their problems."
As a Millennial myself, I'll drop a personal anecdote here.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Its all OK. Obama is going to hand them a bunch of benefits and make those greedy rich Republican bastards pay for it. All they have to do is keep attending the protests and sit ins.
“Buyer’s remorse among America’s Obama-supporting youth?”
Sounds like a FREE EDUCATION to me! Suck it up, kiddies!!
LOL! They forgot to include me in that misery index and I’m not a spring chicken by any means.
please change the word ‘obama’ to ‘democrat’
shouldn't they be happy, though, that they don't have job lock and they can sit around all day and play video games or shop with their food stamps? And hey, if they're black they can even commit crime and get a pass, and if they're still in school they can cause trouble and not even get suspended cuz it's not fair...doesn't all this mitigate that other work stuff?
With their lack of critical thinking skills they will easily be persuaded to believe that it all was caused by the nasty Republicans and Obama fought as hard as he could for them in spite if it all. Believe it!
Well, you're diplomatic, I would have told her that she's stupid.
Once Liz Warren starts flying around the country promising Student Loan Forgiveness, all will be forgiven.
When the democrat nominee for ores offer loan forgiveness all will be right.
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