[Wanderer99]

“In all fairness, “freeloading” is the only profession available to most young people today.” One problem this will run into is that while young people apparently are willing to concede families and homes due to economics, they’re not going to give up new cars and tattoos. There is little incentive for young people (fortunate enough to have jobs) to give away more of their income to this “tax”, and the Dems risk a lot by forcing the issue. They are a self-centered generation (hence foregoing a next generation), but if it becomes too obvious that someone else has their hands in their paychecks their general apathy will quickly disappear.

That's it in a nutshell. And you know what else? Pissing off their childish lib base would be bad enough but the rest of us will become the Democrat's worst nightmare. I'm 28 with no family and generally nothing in my life. The only thing I have going for me is a gradual increase in salary and the prospect of maybe meeting a woman in grad school. If the Democrats take away my hard earned money and destroy any prospect of me raising a family one day...well...then there will be only one thing left to live for. You can probably fill in that blank because I can't type it online.

[eyedigress]

Calm down. You have an education and long life in front of you.

To say you have “nothing” is a slap in the face to folks that have nothing. Step up, Be yourself, and thank God everyday that Sun comes up from the east!

Bored! Get a Kayak and hit the river.

[kearnyirish2]

I hear you; I hope you do meet someone and have the means to have a family if that is the path you choose. I’m married for nearly twenty years with kids, about fifteen years older than you; many friends and family are in your position but slightly older than you. It is tough raising a family and money is tight; I sometimes wonder if I should have waited longer but I was afraid at the time that it would never be “the right time”. I don’t think marriage and children are for everybody; it is a huge (and permanent) change. I personally couldn’t imagine life differently at this point; I never had much coming from a large family so doing without isn’t as difficult for me as it might be for someone from a more comfortable youth. When I first married we lived for a couple of years in a tiny basement apartment saving money to start a family and buy a home; that apartment seemed luxurious in comparison to living in a single family house with parents and a number of siblings.

Having the mortgage and children reduces my income tax (being replaced with a property tax instead); I couldn’t imagine how high my income taxes would be without either of those deductions. Many young people get their first slap of reality with their first pay stub; they won’t be happy to see that reduced further. One of the problems I see in this economy is that people have to either work harder to have discretionary income for them to enjoy on non-essentials or they can sit back, breed irresponsibly, and still get a comfortable living out of it.