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Here's a very interesting survey done by Harvard University. I don't know how the survey was structured, or which young people they selected, but it's still pretty interesting, especially in light of the current planks in both political party's platforms.
They asked young people to decide between two different options. For instance, what's your highest priority...lowering the tax burden for all Americans or ensuring affordable access to health care? (lowering taxes lost) Or, what's the highest priority in this case...creating jobs and lowering the unemployment rate or protecting individual liberties from government (jobs wins...in EVERY matching with any other subject).
It makes pretty interesting study, especially when one considers that in a very short time, these young people WILL BE the dominate power in America.
It also points out something some of us have been saying for a long time: Young people today are not a lost generation of selfish video game players. They are alert, informed and involved.
A healthy economy with plentiful jobs that have decent pay with just a high school diploma. For me, all I want is a job that would provide enough pay to comfortably support a wife and 4 children. But no, we all have to go to college, waste money and build thousands in debt in order to do so.
Penn supports Ron Paul who couldn't manage 1% of the US Presidential vote in the last election, a had less votes than Ralph Nader.
You think I'm going to care what Penn thinks their priorities are? His selective editing of videos prove nothing.
When he is so out of touch with the priorities of most young people?
Economic libertarianism is a radical ideology what would hurt the middle class.
Did you recover from holding your head sideways to read the Harvard thing that is the subject of this thread? It took me a while and I am sure that college kids have different attitudes about all things when they are compared with other things in the survey.
I think I saw a lot of affect of the subject compared to another one that was thrown in to see how they felt. As the writer of that article said, it was a pretty craftily built survey.
Here's a very interesting survey done by Harvard University. I don't know how the survey was structured, or which young people they selected, but it's still pretty interesting, especially in light of the current planks in both political party's platforms.
They asked young people to decide between two different options. For instance, what's your highest priority...lowering the tax burden for all Americans or ensuring affordable access to health care? (lowering taxes lost) Or, what's the highest priority in this case...creating jobs and lowering the unemployment rate or protecting individual liberties from government (jobs wins...in EVERY matching with any other subject).
It makes pretty interesting study, especially when one considers that in a very short time, these young people WILL BE the dominate power in America.
It also points out something some of us have been saying for a long time: Young people today are not a lost generation of selfish video game players. They are alert, informed and involved.
Young People?s Priorities - Graphic - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/28/opinion/blow-young-
It seems that what is important to them, probably Harvard students, depends on what other things they are compared with. At least I looked at that thing and had to take some time to get used to holding my head upright.
It also points out something some of us have been saying for a long time: Young people today are not a lost generation of selfish video game players. They are alert, informed and involved.
Most all kids have lived off their parents their whole life and only know socialism in that manner. Add in the constant left wing rants in class by varous Teacher's Union folks and leftist Professors and it makes quite a hurdle for our kids and future to overcome.
Ask the question: Do you mind if we have socialized medicine and confiscate most of your paycheck when you start working to pay for it?
It seems that what is important to them, probably Harvard students, depends on what other things they are compared with. At least I looked at that thing and had to take some time to get used to holding my head upright.
Yeah, I had that problem too until I figured out the subjects were in same order, top and side. Then, I'd just count over on the top, translate that count to the left and see what it was about.
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