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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. I'm old. I don't like war and I do support spending on jobs and schools.

Reply to J_J_ (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 11:24 AM

Oct 2014

Yes, I also support Social Security because I paid into it for 45 years and it's now an important part of the income I need to live on. But I care about job creation and education because I don't want to spend my "golden" years in a society consisting largely of people who are ignorant and/or unemployed; that's a recipe for social disaster. When I was young, there was this thing called the draft. I am not suggesting reinstating the draft, but it sure got young people paying attention to what war was all about. Everything looks different when you have some skin in the game.

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Young people want to spend money on jobs and schools. The old like war and Social Security [View all] J_J_ Oct 2014 OP

don't believe me? Read these comments from millennials at Reddit J_J_ Oct 2014 #1

I'm old. I don't like war and I do support spending on jobs and schools. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #2

looks like young people already understand the uselessness of corporate wars J_J_ Oct 2014 #3

And yet the wars are fought by volunteers who volunteer young. It's not senior citizens piloting Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #9

If you can't get a job, the military might look like a good deal. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #10

What you said N/T Old Codger Oct 2014 #7

threads by younguns DustyJoe Oct 2014 #4

they are angry that the boomers enjoyed the best economy in the US to get theirs J_J_ Oct 2014 #5

Not the boomers fault at all. alarimer Oct 2014 #6

I agree we need to unite J_J_ Oct 2014 #15

What it says to me is that millenials have grown up in an environment... JHB Oct 2014 #12

but millennial values are more aligned with the values of the hippies according to this J_J_ Oct 2014 #19

I've never met even one of these people who allegedly exist who somehow favor their own current Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #8

Never ever met any old people who are not highly focused on their own offspring and grandchildren J_J_ Oct 2014 #18

I'm 69 years old. When I was 21, I supported Social Security MineralMan Oct 2014 #11

of course it is wrong to stereotype J_J_ Oct 2014 #13

And yet you did stereotype. MineralMan Oct 2014 #14

I would like to see intelligent dialogue from the growing number of millennials turning Republican J_J_ Oct 2014 #16

I can't answer your question. For political discussion, DU MineralMan Oct 2014 #17