Publius, that’s unfortunately true. I have quite a few friends my parents’ age, and they openly admit the baby boomer generation really did this nation in, when they went totally “counter-culture” on everyone. I also think some people in the 1920’s kind of got that trend started, as many people of that time were pushing the boundaries on morality. Plus, socialism was getting a good deal of interest from several of our politicians at that time. When they realized they couldn’t ram socialism through our government so fast, they went for the academic institutions, to change the minds of successive generations. It worked. It has only gotten worse from there. I hope to see more of my generation wake up and get a clue, but I don’t expect that will happen without a major shaking: something akin to 09/11 but worse. Maybe if our economy totally collapses, that might wake a few people up......maybe.
I think the culture is more important than the economy....and conservative boomers let the counter cultural left take over education and the culture...we talk about gay marriage but where were outraged conservative boomers when no-fault divorce became the law in state after state..they did not understand that polititcal victories are hollow when you are losing the culture...so even during the Reagan administration conservatives were losing where it counted most - in the culture! And conservative Boomers did nothing about that except whine a lot....we didn’t need the Moral Majority we needed more Breitbarts....this nation has crumbling families and communites our social infrastructure is being demolished so a flat tax is not going ot matter when the people are passed the point of no return...