While I will admit I did not see the broadcast I’m in complete agreement that we should not fall into the trap of painting a whole generation of people with such a broad brush. At this point it really is counterproductive to splinter ourselves for the purposes of an elixir for our current woes. If anything, we need to come together on a generational basis to repair the damage done to our great nation.
It was a good program, and for whatever reason the thread starter is just plain wrong, the film does not blame the whole of the Boomer Generation.
The points were:
-too much debt is being issued by Govt, the US Fed Gov owes 100 trillion, that bill begins coming due in 2011 when the first boomer years begin to draw Social Security
-bad trade deals have deindustrialized the US
-Wall Street abandoned Responsibility for fiduciary decisions, they keep profits, taxpayers pay losses
-Global Corporations no longer have American interests at heart
-Congress is basically a proxy for those corporations.
The thread starter has an agenda.