As a society, we have done
millennials a disservice. An entire generation of young people in
America came of age during a decade of sluggish economic growth, and as a
result, many are skeptical of free enterprise and capitalism. A
stunning 2016 Harvard University survey of young adults between the ages
of 18 and 29 found that 51 percent of respondents do not support
capitalism. Millennial support for avowed socialist Bernie Sanders in
the Democratic presidential primary was proof that young people today
aren’t enamored with capitalism.
During
the Obama years, the 18-29 age group heard countless presidential
speeches railing against the evils of “crony” capitalism. President
Obama told impressionable young voters if only the rich paid more taxes,
everyone would be better off. But Obama’s tax and spend policies
produced a predictably stagnant economy that stifled economic
opportunity for young people.
The Obama agenda also
attacked the notion of personal responsibility, killed on the altar of
universal “rights” and the politics of victimhood. The Left preached
that everyone has a “right” to free child care, free health care, a free
college education and a roof over their head. And that the State will
provide no matter what, so there’s no need to save, no need to work hard
or pay your mortgage or student loans.http://www.thestate.com/opinion/article161763868.html#fmp
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