NYT: young folks drinkin' the kool aid and lovin' it

[cobber]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/u...?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130211&_r=0

Reminds me of some of my students in China, who thought the CPC could do no wrong. Anytime there was a problem the government could solve it. (To be fair, unlike in America, the federal teat in China is pretty dry compared to the US; no society-wide giveaways like we have.)


Gotta wonder, though, how representative of "youth" the bunch in "non-partisan" "Forward Montana" is.

 

[Hotdoger]

Leftists takover of the western states continues.

 

[KLB]

Sounds more like the school system has done its job indoctrinating the children well.

 

[maxmayhem]

It is very sad. Public schools are a huge part of the problem. My kids do not participate in the program. It is worth 450 a month.

 

[Foxxwoof]

Not surprised when I was in college in 2004 (I was 26 at the time), my sociology teacher interrupted class one day to allow a speaker to come in and tell us why we should vote for John Kerry and the rest of the Dem party. I was appalled, but I could tell the younger kids were eating it up.

Of course we never heard from representative on the Republican side.

 

[NathanJefferson]

Social issues will be the downfall of our economic house of cards.

 

[Indy317]

Social issues will be the downfall of our economic house of cards.

When I look at politics, I see two parts. One part is values and morals, the other is financial. For the religious affiliated Republicans, they are dying slowly. The morals and values of the nation are changing, and given the narcissism and greed of people, I doubt we will have any sort of course change anytime soon. Clearly when you look at Republicans, you see a division between urban/suburban and suburban/rural Republicans. Seems like your more rural Republicans are likely to be more concerned with religious and social norms more so than the urban/suburban Republicans. Unfortunately for the party as a whole, too many Republicans, even some on the religious right, have support big government, corporate Fascism, to the point they are no different than many Democrats.

We have really reached a point of no return in terms of going back to "What America used to be." Both Democrats and Republicans have spent so much, they have gotten the government involved with everything. From national defense, to security blankets (healthcare, etc.), to pro-sports and parking garages. Trust me, a lot of these young people see Republicans selling them out to the highest bidder, and that just attaches a big hypocrite label on the party. Half the elected "leaders" have no problem raising taxes so long as private businesses benefit. Most young people don't get to vote in shareholder elections, but they do get to vote for government leadership. It isn't surprising that people are wanting government to take over more and more stuff. If your tax money is going to be taken anyway, why not have a say in who is elected to run things? I think that is where the issue is, there are very little fiscal conservatives left.

 

[ghuns]

Dear God, that one poor young man had to work 40 hours a week to PAY for college? What is this world coming to?

 

[ChristianPatriot]

As one of the "young folk", I was lucky enough to go to a private school in south central Indiana, and I can say for sure that I will be homeschooling my kids

 

[griffin]

Dear God, that one poor young man had to work 40 hours a week to PAY for college? What is this world coming to?

I shake my head when I read people who whine about having to work while in school. They don't realize how good that is for them. To graduate with no debt or little debt, to focus your attentions on work and school and not partying, ...

I worked my way through school, too. 56 hours a week, while being married with three kids. In engineering, too, not some namby-pamby liberal arts degree. Kids have it too soft today.