“A truly heroic challenge can help produce a heroic generation, though I wouldn’t bet on it this time.”
I the heroic challenge is the key. The Greatest Generation was great because their challenge was one that the entire country was 100% behind. If a young man was not in the service, he pretty much was a social outcast. Even when I was a kid in the 60’s, everyone in that generation knew who did not serve. They talked about it, and not kindly. It was a lot eaiser to be a hero under those circustances.
I think the guys how served in Vietnam were in a way much more heroic. They served despite the conflicting messages and the abuse they took. The best thing we as citizens have done for the gulf war vets is absolutly refusing to let leftists treat vets like they did on Vietnam.
The article says that driving rate anomg the you are the lowest since 1963. Lets remember that all those kids in 1960’s finally grew up an bought cars and houses. I suspect it will not be any different with these kids.
Been driving since 16. Why are rates lower today?
1, no cheap used cars. Thanks Obama.
2, insurance rates are now massively higher.
3, cost to learn and start with it is higher.
4, what they are offering is a ‘learner license at 16, followed by driving at 18.
Basically what happened, (and I’m old enough to remember the shift) is this.
Boomers heard the argument, (I can drive, but I can drink, etc), as justification to bump up the age that people could drive. Thanks again, Boomers.
I would just like it if Boomers were honest and admitted that they didn’t want their kids to have the same lives that they themselves had growing up.