[tacticalogic]

I think the previous generation was the WW I and II "Greatest Generation", these are the "free love hippie" baby boomers.

The "Greatest Generation" gave us the New Deal, and with it the idea that Big Government can and should fix everything for us.

[MineralMan]

"The "Greatest Generation" gave us the New Deal, and with it the idea that Big Government can and should fix everything for us."

Actually, you're off a generation. The Greatest Generation was in school during the depression. They had nothing to do with the New Deal. That was their parents, my great grandparents.

When the Greatest Generation finished high school, they joined the military and fought WWII. Their parents are long dead, now.

Dates? My dad graduated from High School in 1942, then immediately joined the Army Air Force. He had nothing to do with the New Deal, but a lot to do with fighting the Germans in the war.

The New Deal had nothing to do with my dad or his generation.