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J_J_

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15. I agree we need to unite

Reply to alarimer (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 02:11 PM

Oct 2014

But some Boomers are responsible for electing politicians who cut taxes for the wealthy and said it would trickle down.

Education was once cheap, Kids are now leaving college with debt the size of a home.

I know it wasn't the boomers on this site, which is why people are reacting, but as a whole, bad choices were made that led us down this path.

Millennials had no choice in how we got here, but they are ready to do something. Gen Xers need to do more that's for sure, and the boomers need to wake up that lost hope crushed by the deaths of so many of our great leaders.

We do need to unite.

This is our country God Bless it, and we really need some help here. Learned helplessness and hopelessness have taken over.

But we can turn this around.

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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