Posted on 03/28/2016 2:01:50 PM PDT by Kaslin
My generation is a disaster, politically. They typically hold views that either are in direct contradiction of one another, or make zero sense altogether. As The Atlantic noted in 2014, Millennials support President Obama and the concept of universal health care, but oppose Obamacare. They hate political parties, but are the demographic that give Congress its highest marks of approval. We’re also the only age group, where a majority–53 percent–holds socialism in high regard. Yet, there is a silver lining, as both The Washington Post and The Atlantic noted that once Millennials get jobs–their support for socialism drops dramatically as they become more economically conservative. Fancy that; once you start getting an actual paycheck after working yourself to death–and see how much is taken out by Uncle Sam–income redistribution really doesn’t seem like a charming idea, huh (via WaPo):
Are millennials ushering in a sea change of public opinion? Do they signal the transformation of the United States into a Scandinavian social democracy.
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The expanded social welfare state Sanders thinks the United States should adopt requires everyday people to pay considerably more in taxes. Yet millennials become averse to social welfare spending if they foot the bill. As they reach the threshold of earning $40,000 to $60,000 a year, the majority of millennials come to oppose income redistribution, including raising taxes to increase financial assistance to the poor.
Similarly, a Reason-Rupe poll found that while millennials still on their parents’ health-insurance policies supported the idea of paying higher premiums to help cover the uninsured (57 percent), support flipped among millennials paying for their own health insurance with 59 percent opposed to higher premiums.
When tax rates are not explicit, millennials say they’d prefer larger government offering more services (54 percent) to smaller government offering fewer services (43 percent). However when larger government offering more services is described as requiring high taxes, support flips and 57 percent of millennials opt for smaller government with fewer services and low taxes, while 41 percent prefer large government.
Millennials wouldn’t be the first generation to flip-flop. In the 1980s, the same share (52 percent) of baby boomers also supported bigger government, and so did Generation Xers (53 percent) in the 1990s. Yet, both baby boomers and Gen Xers grew more skeptical of government over time and by about the same magnitude. Today, only 25 percent of boomers and 37 percent of Gen Xers continue to favor larger government.
Now, that doesn’t mean conservatives should just stop emphasizing the importance of free markets and economic liberty because the tide of history seems to be with us once young Americans become employed and start making money. The good news is that the notion of Millennials becoming less economically left leaning once they start making $40k and more remains steady. Additionally, younger Millennials (18-20 year olds) aren’t as liberal as their older peers. So, alas, maybe there is hope for Millennials the economic front; they just need to find jobs.
My millennials are conservatives.
Most modern cartoons apparently can’t make it to air without at least one instance of toilet humor.
The early 90s were probably the end for most decent cartoons with a few exceptions.
You should tell her how much illegals cost the taxpayers every year...$346 BILLION every year! Tell her that she will be screaming BUILD THE DAMN WALL!
Or tell her how much Obama is giving to countries like Iran, $1.7 BILLION of taxpayer money, basically financing terror via Iran. That’s on top of the $150 billion he is releasing of their own money, so why the hell do they need $1.7 billion of OUR MONEY? The guy is directly financing terror, yet another act of treason
“Free” college is another way to keep the labor market participation rate low. All of my daughters worked while in college, including taking time off as necessary to earn needed funds so they could keep the debt level at a minimum.
I remember the last time I saw women looking like that, Berlin 1938.
Agreed. What we watched on Saturday mornings or certainly on “The Electric Company” back in the 1970s was more fun and entertaining than the garbage that’s featured on SNL or whatever else these days is considered comedy.
“No way would the PC left ever allow Warner Bros. to make Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck cartoons today. Same for the Three Stooges.”
How about Heckle and Jeckle?
I have noticed the same thing as far as evening tv. My wife watches a few shows that you didn’t see story lines and language like that on network tv pre 90’s.
That’s right - and this certainly explains urban black support for socialism. When Obama ran in ‘08 one of the talking heads on MSNBCNN (a black guy) said “socialist” was the new “N” word; he realized people had made the link that long ago...now gibsmedat!
..’’a mustache she’d be my uncle’’ :-)
Most Asians I meet under 21 aren’t zombified liberal twits; they are actually quite focused. They more than Americans understand “hardship” and “drive”; their parents don’t let them forget it.
How about the Bubba ‘96 tour?
That’s why the voting age should be at least 25.
Exception: military service.
That is the key. Making it clear exactly what people are paying in taxes.
Pretty much no one has a clear idea what they really pay in taxes because much of what we pay is hidden from us in taxes paid by businesses and industrial corporations.
Business does not pay taxes, they collect them. Business passes on to its customers the cost of the taxes that they pay to government. This is government hiding from the citizen the cost of government and making larger government more palatable to the citizen.
When the Leftist try to tell you that businesses are getting off easy on taxes let them know that all taxes roll down to the individual. There is no getting around that fact.
This weekend I kind of binge watched the great but short lived 80s sitcom Sledge Hammer!
It’s better than 90% of what’s on now. Sledge should have gotten a couple more seasons.
Thanks for that.
Never mess with a wabbit.
:D
Awesome show.
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