[NoneOfTheAbove]

the baby boomers are histories most irresponsible generation. Trust me, we feel the same way about "The Greatest Generation" that brought us Social Security, Medicare, and exponential growth in government. "The Greatest Generation" felt the same way about the generation before them that invented socialism and the income tax. The generation before them represented corruption in government and robber barons. Before them was the Civil War and the end of federalism. And so on.

Your generation will be no better. Your only hope is to learn from our mistakes--don't elect politicians who want to use their position to strengthen their own power and prestige, but elect those who want to minimize the role of government. Be wary of the politician who wants to make government "more efficient"--that's a buzzword for bigger and more powerful. Elect people who want to make government fail, because that's the only way that the masses will realize that "government is not the solution--it's the problem."

[TheKidster]

Sage advice, I wish more people had the English Lit teacher I had in HS who pretty much said the same thing and spent most of the year having us study, in exquisite detail, Atlas Shrugged.
He was a rare gem.

[Wolfie]

Yep. The "Greatest Generation", whose ravenous pig-squealing appetite for entitlements has led us to this mess. But somehow it's the Baby Boomers' fault? Gimme a break.