Preach it, brother.

[bondgirl51]

This letter expresses pretty much all of my feelings on the matter, really.

My wife and I are what you would call Obama's core demographic. I'm 27, she's 28; we are both working toward earning our doctorates; and we've both lived through, but didn't really experience, Bill Clinton's presidency. I think we have both developed a well-nurtured

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[bentgaidin]

"Now that it appears we've reached the limit of unrestrained consumption, they appear more than willing to take their social security checks and medicaid benefits and ride into the sunset, leaving in their wake a bankrupt, increasingly desparate younger generation

[bondgirl51]

Well, the author is not Obama

[lavender_jane]

I have thought this same thing for a long time. The 60s and 70s generation of adults wanted to change the world and this is the world they created. My mother was a hippy, not of the change the world variety, but a lot of her friends were. Then the 80s arrived and they were more than happy to line their pockets with all the wealth being tossed around. Now, here we are left to clean up the world they bequeathed to us. I'm with you on this one. I expect to work until I die. Unless I win the lottery. That seems to be my generations' retirement plan now.

[gillandred]

What I find so interesting about this piece (aside from the politics, of course) is the writer's somewhat dour look on the current social security situation. I tend to see the Millenials as the sunshiney-cheery generation, and his take seems much more in line with folks about 5-10 years older than him. (people my age