A Growing Trend: Young, Liberal and Open to Big Government

[eynon81]

[cool_chick]

[eynon81]

just thought I'd point out that there is no significant demographic calling for a general cut to entitlements....*que the "keep the government out of my medicare sign"* every demographic want cuts in the entitlements to other demographics.

[The Dharma Bum]

Well since they have to pay for baby boomers anyway maybe this attitude will make it hurt less.

[Pebble]

[Winchester]

[The Dude]

[HeatherG]

@em (I'm on my phone and can't quote, sorry)- first I find it offensive that you call my hard work "luck". I don't consider the fact that I made the right choices as luck as it is being smart and working hard. And I'm not saying that EVERYONE unemployed are lazy and didnt make the right choices, I'm saying that it is the lazy people who are depleting the system for the people who need it and it is because of the lazy people that the whole system needs dramatic reform so the people who need it can have it and the people who don't can't ruin it for everyone else. I have seen how easy it is to cheat the system and that needs to change. I have also seen too many lazy ass people who feel entilted to sit on their ass and get paid to do it. I think if people knew their lives were on the line they would make smarter choices in regard to their education and career choices and that is the case in most circumstances. It might mean working at McDonald's for minimum wage to feed yourself and pay you bills, sacrifices I don't think MOST (not all) are willing to make and that is what I have a problem with.

[The Dude]

There are only about 3 million job openings in this country. To think that there is a significant amount of lazy people is absurd. Even if every job was filled right now (and a lot of those jobs are because of change-over or underqualified workers) we'd still have millions of people out of work no matter how badly they want a job.

There are so few lazy people out there yet everyone focuses on them. Sad, really.

[Kane]