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I agree that generation Y has been poorly equipped to handle the future. Having to relearn social and living skills will be tough but they can do it. There are grandparents and great grandparents still with us who can impart valuable life lessons on dealing with tough times.
They'll be better for the change in attitude and the less spoiled and self centered lifestyle they'll have to adopt. Putting away the games and toys learning the value of hard work and responsibility will be good for them.
This generation is less inclined to listen to their elders. They seem to prefer video games and texting over speaking with family, especially older relatives.
What happens is you learn the world isn't how the image is and redefine it. I've been 'formerly middle class' (econimically) for a long time. Long illness. I still considere myself that in values, but DEEPLY resent the ultra rich for gutting the center core of our society.
I think what we're seeing is the beginning of something big and the anger which has been so palatable for some time is finding a direction. I don't think those who support the idea of reform are all unemployed 20 year olds. It's just that the right idea hadn't come along yet.
I am truly sorry to hear that.
However, would your illness have been prevented if there were no "ultra rich"?
I only blame government because their job is to protect the people and they aren't doing their job. Government is in control. Government decided to bail out GM. Obama could have CHOSEN to not bail out GM.
Crony Capitalism is raping the people and Obama just smiles and convinces all the idiots out there that it's OK as long as he's doing it.
Obama doesn't "choose" anything when it comes to policy making, GM and others in the ruling class pay these thugs in DC to run things their way, period..
Big money equals power, power is centralized in the government, law, military might, intelligence, both domestic and foreign, economic policy, currency valuation, etc, so the question remains.... Who rules government? It's the golden rule... (those with the gold make the rules)........Government is NOT in control..
I'm sorry for your illness. And, they did and are gutting the core of our society--us.
It is the beginning and will find focus at some point--you can't stop it really. Interesting to see where it will go.
It will go nowhere.
These people are those in society with zero ambition, zero attention span.
We're the lost generaion. We are not fortunate like our parents. Our parents had jobs to get them by. Most of my friends say that their parents already owned homes when they were the same age. A lot of the people in generation Y are having a hard time. This generation is the one that got impacted the most from the result of globalization. We're the boomerang kids. We return home after graduation because there are not many opportunities for us to support ourselves. High paying jobs are bias towards those who are highly educated.
I find it disgusting that the baby boomers are ridiculing those protesting since they made things worse for our generation.
Too bad you didn't see what other generations went through. In the past not everyone expected to be given a college education and not very long ago, you didn't expect to graduate from college and instantly have a 6-figure job.
Not so long ago, college students would work their way through college, they didn't have cell phones, $600 game players, wild spring break vacations.
Kids today think they should never have to work a job like waiting tables but it used to be pretty common and many college students only got ordinary paying jobs.
I think the original (and still more than a few) TP'ers and the OWS folks could find a lot of common ground. It's sad that we let a lot of petty political baggage stop us from uniting around a a common cause that quite frankly is the most pressing matter in the country. On top of our crony capitalist system we are locked into a foreign policy that's far too expensive and I think many small government conservatives agree with true liberals and progressives that we should end our expensive and wasteful wars in the Middle East. Our corporatist system and the MIC are the two most important issues in America, and the vast majority of Americans agree on them, yet we're letting issues that can't be resolved at the moment divide us. This is sad.
Never.
The Tea Party are decent, law abiding citizens who want Constitutional fixes for America's problems.
The ows're are a bunch of socialists looking for a handout.
This generation is less inclined to listen to their elders. They seem to prefer video games and texting over speaking with family, especially older relatives.
This is a stereotype you older folks have of those of us in gen-Y. I am an older Gen-Yer and can't afford to text or play video games. My phone is prepaid by myself from my emergency fund.
I didn't work outside the home until I was 18 but that was because I had to take care of a dying father.
I would HAPPILY join the military if they would take an asthmatic. I would actually LOVE to join the military because it offers good opportunities and you can get housing, medical, and student loan debts paid.
Too bad you didn't see what other generations went through. In the past not everyone expected to be given a college education and not very long ago, you didn't expect to graduate from college and instantly have a 6-figure job.
Not so long ago, college students would work their way through college, they didn't have cell phones, $600 game players, wild spring break vacations.
Kids today think they should never have to work a job like waiting tables but it used to be pretty common and many college students only got ordinary paying jobs.
Or bagging groceries, stocking shelves, hotel room cleaning, and many other lowly jobs they refuse to consider.
Too bad you didn't see what other generations went through. In the past not everyone expected to be given a college education and not very long ago, you didn't expect to graduate from college and instantly have a 6-figure job.
Not so long ago, college students would work their way through college, they didn't have cell phones, $600 game players, wild spring break vacations.
Kids today think they should never have to work a job like waiting tables but it used to be pretty common and many college students only got ordinary paying jobs.
I stocked shelves while in college. I made 6.30 an hour. It was the only job I could find, but it couldn't cover all my tuition. I paid for the rest of it with loans.
I don't expect a six figure job. My gosh, I would be happy with a $30,000 a year job, even $27,000 would be nice. With that I could get an apartment, pay a few bills, and save a little. I can't even find that in this economy. Even minimum wage is tough to find.
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I'm sorry for your illness. And, they did and are gutting the core of our society--us.
