How the baby boomers bust Britain.... financially, socially and even morally crippled

Daily Mail ^ | March 13, 2010 | Dominic Sandbrook

[ansel12]

Same here in the US. One of the most irresponsible generations in human history.

You don't know your American history, the worst of the left's gains, slowed or were stopped by the boomers when they arrived to power in the late 80s and early to mid 90s, and you can thank the boomers for your gun rights.

By the way, look at the worst actions and gains by the left in American history and then realize that they took place from the 1930s to the 1970s and look at gun legislation during that same period. Then recognize that the 1984 election was the first time that the entire boomer generation got to vote in a presidential election. That is also the time when they first started gradually moving into the congress and judge ships and management and positions of power.

As bad as things are, look at America in the 1930s to the late 1970s before boomers had any power or influence. For most of us when we look at the deepest most earth shattering destructive changes that happened to America, like the legislation and court decisions of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, we realize that those are the decades which doomed us.

[ansel12]

I hope that you joined the almost 9.5 million boomers that served in the military.

You are one of the oldest boomers, so in 1972 you would have been 24 meaning that you could have voted in that election, I hope that you were one of the 48% of 18-29 year olds that voted for Nixon even though the draft and the Vietnam war were still going on. Boomer Sarah Palin was only 8 so she couldn’t vote.

In 2008, the 18-29 year old vote went 66% for Obama.

[ansel12]

Don't forget the Boomers who sent themselves to war in Vietnam!

Who enlisted for it by the way, unlike the draftees that fought WWII and the Korean War, also the boomers never lost a major battle yet the old men managed to lose the war.

[Swiss]

I am a Gen Xer too but the article blames the wrong people. The decline of England began right at the end of World War II when the people elected socialists who nationalized much of the country and started to change their values.

One thing that worries me about conservatives is that too many want to return to the pre 1960’s era without realizing that the cancer was already present and growing then. Within thirty years if we reset the clock to 1957 we would have all the problems again.

[sodpoodle]

***The decline of England began right at the end of World War II when the people elected socialists who nationalized much of the country and started to change their values.***

Great point.

The war effort controls (nationalizing industries) that had been put in place were not removed. The Brits removed Churchill - seemingly a desire to *put the war behind them*. Then Clement Atlee & his Labor Party pushed socialism into high gear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee