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kpete
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:01 AM Original message |
It's the youth of America who should be really pissed off. |
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treestar
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Generation baiting is useless |
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Statistical
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. While that is true never before has so much cost been laid at the feet of the next generation. |
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dkf
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Exactly. Why shouldn't they be mad their labors have been obligated by people who refused to |
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wtmusic
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. +1. This credit card mentality has got to go. |
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former9thward
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Ahh it didn't work for Bush 41. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. At $24T the interest on the debt would be $700B a year. |
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Igel
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Tough call. |
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old mark
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R. You SHOULD all be pissed off, and you should all be Democrats at least, |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. As a baby boomer who can remember the first Earth Day and the creation of the EPA, |
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wtmusic
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. The EPA has been enormously successful at preventing pollution |
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cali
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm so freakin' tired of people trying to pit old against young |
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kpete
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. i try to be open minded - this is not a B&W issue-lots of grey--- |
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Sal Minella
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. "No taxation without representation" is not a newly-minted idea. |
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freshwest
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. How will they be obligated to pay taxes with jobs that won't afford that? |
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patrice
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Each generation has the benefit of hind-sight. Switch places and they likely would have made the sam |
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wtmusic
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It doesn't take much foresight to realize that mountains of debt |
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tama
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And it does not take much foresight to realize |
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wtmusic
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Au contraire. |
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tama
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Point proven! :D |
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patrice
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. True. I am thinking more about those of us who were doing what we could to change |
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patrice
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. In short, those of us who were active weren't aggressive enough. nt |
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tama
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. What is more boring |
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gulliver
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. They should be pissed at themselves for not voting. |
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bettyellen
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. yep, in fact they made the same mistake the younger boomers did w/ Reagan |
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antigone382
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Technically, the last pres. election saw higher youth turnout than any election except... |
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bettyellen
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. but they allowed us to lose the midterms.... not cool and sexy enough I guess. |
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jotsy
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Intriguing commentary. |
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patrice
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Right on! Fatalism is the poison of our dying culture. NGU! nt |
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jotsy
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I contend the U.S. too young in rooted in the mesh to have culture of its own. |
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bettyellen
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. what has stopped them? They "bought the war" as much as anyone. |
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MineralMan
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. Generation baiting is bogus. |
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elehhhhna
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. forgot to mention that Grandpa's also MOVING IN with the kid OR living |
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Cleita
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. I was pissed off as a youth in the sixties and looking |
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jeff47
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Because we were taught well |
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bettyellen
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. so you think giving up and acting powerless is going to make your kids proud? |
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jeff47
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Perhaps you should read that post again |
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bettyellen
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. the younger demographic failed to show up, and most now fail to take responsibility for that. |
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tama
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. No, |
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bettyellen
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. it's boring to vote? i know a lot of kids who are bored by anything serious, but Obama was "cool" |
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tama
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. No, |
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bettyellen
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. i agree, Im tired of seeing people baited into being angry at the wrong folks. |
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coalition_unwilling
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's the workers of America who should be really pissed off (at the |
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Hydra
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Sun Jan-02-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Oh, we are very pissed off |
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Toucano
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's too late for anger and bargaining. It's time to move to acceptance. |
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tama
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Acceptance sounds very good |
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Taitertots
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
39. Pissed... We should be marching in the streets and the older people should join us |
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