[NormsRevenge]

Mr. Haynes is an Assembly member representing Riverside and Temecula. He serves on the Appropriations and Budget Committees.

[NormsRevenge]

When I joined the state legislature in 1992, total state general fund spending was $42 billion. Our bonded indebtedness was about $15 billion. The Legislature talked about floating a $3 billion school bond. Today, total general fund spending is $102 billion; our bonded indebtedness exceeds $50 billion, and we have floated $35 billion in school bonds in the last six years. My colleagues in the state legislature still think we are not spending enough money, that we don’t have enough money to build schools, and that the people of the state of California are still too cheap because they don’t want to pay more in taxes.

[GoLightly]

These generational things generally miss more of the marks than they hit. The ideology of those in power during times of boom or bust would be a lot more telling than giving credit or fault to any age group.

[newzjunkey]

This is a great piece and echoes many of my views on the quality of our "Baby Boom" leaders.

[qam1]

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[the OlLine Rebel]

"having inherited a sizable legacy from the “Greatest Generation,” the baby boomers have pretty much screwed things up."


Cheer up. Part of the legacy you received from the so-called "GG" is Dr. Spock mentality. It's why you were screwy, because your GG parents thought making nice-nice on you would be good, counter to all discipline naturally applied to all generations before.

The fact they raised Boomers with kid gloves makes them NOT the "greatest".