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War Against the Young
National Review ^ | 4/9/13 | Victor Davis Hansen

Posted on 04/14/2013 10:46:46 AM PDT by goodnesswins

“What’s the matter with Kansas?” syndrome of young people voting against their economic interests. Thus follows the constant courting of the hip and cool Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Lena Dunham, Occupy Wall Streeters, and others who blend pop culture, sex, youth, energy, and fad — almost anything to avoid the truth that today’s teenagers are starting out each owing a lifetime share of the national debt amounting to more than three-quarters of a million dollars. Those who ran up the debt enjoyed the borrowing, but won’t be around to pay back their proverbial fair share.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: debt; democrats; economy; elections; fairshare; genx; geny; screwed; taxes; young; youpayforthis; yourshare; youth
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To: ClearCase_guy

Not when it’s the voters of today that elect you. This is the biggest transfer of wealth in our nations history and it’s absolutely backwards.

From the Founding America has transferred wealth forward to the next generation. WW2 and the destruction of our economic competitors hid the damage that FDR had done, but now that wealth is being taken from the future to support subsidizing the current generation. It’s terrible.


41 posted on 04/15/2013 3:48:10 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: TArcher

American school children have watched every Michael Moore video, Al Gore’s video, along with Food, Inc., Supersize Me, etc. by the time they’ve graduated HS. How many do you think ever watched the video of Bezmenov?

Government schooling is the worst idea ever. Get the government out of the education business.


42 posted on 04/15/2013 4:05:25 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Biggirl

Oh, yes, I do....and a few people here may want to be reminded. Thx.


43 posted on 04/15/2013 8:54:30 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: Shadow44

Thanks for your perspective...keep educating your friends...


44 posted on 04/15/2013 8:56:55 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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