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. Were also the only age group, where a majority53 percentholds socialism in high regard. Yet, there is a silver lining, as both The Washington Post and The Atlantic noted that once Millennials get jobstheir support for socialism drops dramatically as they become more economically conservative. Fancy that; once you start getting an actual paycheck after working yourself to deathand see how much is taken out by Uncle Samincome redistribution really doesnt 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 theyd 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 wouldnt 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 doesnt 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) arent as liberal as their older peers. So, alas, maybe there is hope for Millennials the economic front; they just need to find jobs.
That’s because the cartoons in the 40s were for adults and shown in the theater.
A person’s outlook on life can change quite a bit when they realize where the money to pay for things actually comes from.
Recently, I bought the entire series of "I Love Lucy" for my wife's birthday, and she has been binge watching them. Goodness. I shudder to think what would be said with some of their skits today. Lol. Talk about politically incorrect! It's great!
Breaking news:
Water is wet !
and this just in:
More people get jobs about their time Unemployment Compensation expires !
Or Tom and Jerry. I always wondered if their names had been based on the names that the Germans and British called each other in World War 1, but I have not found any support for that. Wikipedia only says the names were drawn randomly, or could have had its origin in mid-19th century English children’s tales.
Thats why the voting age should be at least 25.
Exception: military service.
And anybody on the dole doesn’t get to vote. Textbook conflict of interest?
“Democrats create the disaster then claim they are the only solution for the disaster.”
And then that creates ANOTHER disaster, and so forth. The endless cycle of disasters is broken only if/when ACTUAL conservatives are elected who ACTUALLY apply their conservative principles.
We didn’t even bother with public schools at all. All four of mine are strong thinking conservatives.
Support for socialism drops once they have something for socialism to take.
Agreed. I owned a business from 1986 through 1999 and it did not pay one cent in taxes.
So, once reality slaps the young an inexperienced in the face, many wake from their dream-state and decide that bums shouldn’t get things for free when THEY have to pay for it. Imagine that...
Indeed
Causality may flow in a different direction here. Perhaps job providers SELECT for people who believe in capitalism, making job holders more likely to lean capitalist.
Do millennials who get government jobs also turn capitalist?
Millenials HATE greedy, profitable companies...until they get a job and discover that their 401(k) does better when it holds stock in greedy, profitable companies.
That’s pretty much SOP for them.
This has been my experience, too. Even the Millenials at young conservative organizations spend more time talking about how great abortion, sodomy, and illegals are than about how taxes are bad.
I like free stuff too.
Thanks for the confirmation. Odd, at best.
My millennial is anti sodomy anti abortion anti illegal and very very pro gun
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