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In reply to the discussion: 8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Interestingly, the real problem, conservative unwillingness to focus on the economic inequality that is hurting both the young and the old members of the middle and working class in our country is not getting the focus that it needs.
The 1% has taken too much of the profits from the gains in production since maybe the mid-1970s. That has made it difficult for the older generation to save for retirement and has created a lot of hopelessness in all but the luckiest young people.
We should be working together for a higher minimum wage, free college education, forgiveness of student loans, stronger Social Security including raising the cap on payroll taxes and reducing the cost of healthcare and pharmaceutical products for all.
And while we are doing that, we need to work together to protect our environment for future generations.
Remember, those of us who are older love our children and grandchildren.
There is no conflict between old and young because those of us old enough to have children and grandchildren really care what happens to them.
And the last thing an older person wants is to be dependent on his or her children and feel like a burden to them. That is why we contributed to Social Security and Medicare when we were young.
The conservative movement in the 1980s - the early 2000s really set our country back. And Obama nas not succeeded in reversing that trend. Rather his appointments and policies have continued it.
But don't think that older people have no understanding for the problems of the younger generation. We do. We just see that we have to work together to solve those problems.