Some Young People May Finally Be Getting It

Hi all,

Apologies for not posting an article yesterday.  I was unable to write anything due to some brutal headaches I got (they seem to be sinus headaches that evolve into super-migraines/possible cluster headaches).  Anyway, I am back to normal so let's get started.

First, I want all of you to watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcW83yf0Bhg&feature=player_embedded

I understand that many of my readers are not Republicans (I am not a Republican, either) but what the individuals stated in the video about the country's back-breaking public debt is true (as I have posited numerous times on this blog) and truth is all that matters to me (and, hopefully, to you).

Now, I want you all to read this article: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/imf-bombshell-age-of-america-about-to-end-2011-04-25?link=MW_home_latest_news.

I hope that IMF announcement wakes everyone up.  Our fiscal and economic problems are sizable, urgent, and the results of other persons' failures.  But, our leaders do not care to fix the country's financial issues (probably because they will not be alive to feel the pain of economic stagnation and fiscal devastation).

And, so, I believe our imminent economic usurpation by China and the nation's fiscal debt problems are why we need to stand united (Democrats, Republicans, leftists, rightists, and everyone else) as a generation.  We need to show our leaders that we have no interest in dealing with their screw-ups and that they will be held accountable by us youths.

This current political landscape stinks of partisanship, but, in reality our struggles are much bigger than partisan battles now.  Our struggles can be summarized in one basic issue: generational warfare.  Our leaders in Washington (Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and others) like power and money, and they have sold our futures to pad their pockets and increase their political strength.  Our parents, grandparents, friends, and neighbors have for decades put these irresponsible rulers into powerful positions.  And, now, they all want us to clean up their crap.  Yeah, right.

In terms of uniting as a generation, it is fine for us all to have differences (as I have said before, differences are healthy), but we need to search for middle ground.  And our middle ground, I believe, involves public debt, entitlement and education reform.  Our parents and grandparents could afford the luxury of partisanship, but we do not have the same opportunity.  Financially (look at our debt situation) and socially (just watch this video: http://video.foxnews.com/#/v/4661514/brutal-beating-caught-on-tape/?playlist_id=87287), this country is on the decline.  And, the sooner we act, the sooner we can turn this decline into a great upswing.

So, my fellow young Americans, we have work to do; however, our situation is not hopeless.  We need to toss aside our parents' partisanship, boot out the nation's failed leaders, and grab our futures.  If we do these things, we will be fine.  If not, our great country will fade into the dark depths of history.