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In reply to the discussion: Ocasio-Cortez: House Democrats too old to understand income inequality [View all]BlueWI
(1,736 posts)The impoverishment of upcoming generations is a real concern and shouldn't be trivialized. We are handing our future generations an unsustainable environment, a huge national debt, and rising inequality that has persisted through Republican and Democratic administrations. It is also true that Congress is dispoportionately middle aged and older compared to the rest of the population. I'm middle aged myself and have worked in a primary profession for 35 years, but even so, I cannot duplicate some of the understanding of current circumstances that can be brought to the table by a younger person with different experiences.
Neither party appeals particularly well to young people, and many of us on DU seem determined to keep it that way. I hope that the conversation around infrastructure spending and reducing college costs becomes more prominent as Democrats hopefully gain a majority, in states or in DC!