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thats exactly what he's saying. Many of these problems cropped up well before most of us could vote, or were a result of things set into motion long before we could....
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The observations you see here are just that, observations and comparisons (by folks who have watched several decades of young folks enter adulthood). While there are certainly exceptions, the generation, as a whole, appears soft, weak, undisciplined and poorly educated. Their parent's generation was as well, as was the boomers (but each has been successively worse).
My generation and the subsequent one...own the creation of an overly generous welfare state (pretty stupid IMHO). Your generation has made it a way of life. Hard work and sacrifice are no longer valued as they once were...and why should they be, when politicians line up to promise you the fruits of the labor of others.
If you are under 25 I will grant you the voting part. Otherwise...not so much. You can always claim that the crap that happened on your watch somehow was caused by the previous person, group, or administration. Each previous generation has had challenges and has met them. Yours is not the first...just the most prone to look for excuses. If you are 25 or older, the national debt has more than doubled since you started voting...and your generation has made it clear that your vote can be bought with other people's money...or some sob story that is glaringly short on facts (which you really don't want to hear). Previous generations were bad enough...but the crying about wanting your educational loans paid for and jobs not paying enough, etc. is just sad. Especially when there are so many unfilled position that illegals pour into the country to fill them while young US citizens refuse the work. When I was that age...my job didn't pay much either. Instead of crying about it (or wanting a handout of other people's money), I got a couple of extra, jobs doing exactly what your generation apparently refuses to do...just like most folks who were not skilled enough or experienced enough to find a better job. Working long enough, hard enough and smart enough eventually brought success and better compensation.
That is the old definition of wealth redistribution...working harder and smarter than the other guy until it pays off. Now that the group of folks paying most of the taxes is so much smaller than the group who pay no federal taxes...and in fact, get back more than they pay (wonder where that money comes from?), all voters have to do is vote for the fellow that offers them more of another's earnings...and they do (when they bother to vote).