Young Americans extra-miserable under Obama

Buyer's remorse among America's Obama-supporting youth? One would hope so.

Young America's Foundation released its latest Youth Misery Index – a compilation of what the organization considers the three most important statistics to determine how young people in the United States are doing. Those stats are youth unemployment (18.1%), average graduating debt ($30,000), and national debt per capita ($58,400). YAF calls these numbers, respectively, "one of the highest levels since World War II," "record-breaking," and "the highest ever."

Put them all together, and you get a Youth Misery Index of 106.5.

I corresponded with YAF's Ashley Pratte on the significance of the numbers. Per Pratte, "this isn't the hope and change that America wanted – especially its young people." When I asked her about the youth's stereotypical support of Democratic policies, she suggested that Millennials are starting to turn around, at least on the current government: "today, Millennials are disenchanted with the Obama administration and are jaded in regard to the federal government. Young America's Foundation polling shows that 60% of young people disagree with federal government intrusion in our daily lives."

Pratte was unequivocal about where America's youth's woes are coming from. "We attribute the disproportionate amount of unemployed Millennials to Obama's massive expansion of the federal government. This administration has tried to create a permanent dependent class out of this generation – hoping they will seek the government as the solution to their problems."

As a Millennial myself, I'll drop a personal anecdote here.

Those stats are youth unemployment (18.1%), average graduating debt ($30,000), and national debt per capita ($58,400).

shouldn't they be happy, though, that they don't have job lock and they can sit around all day and play video games or shop with their food stamps? And hey, if they're black they can even commit crime and get a pass, and if they're still in school they can cause trouble and not even get suspended cuz it's not fair...doesn't all this mitigate that other work stuff?

I work with a dip that told me yesterday President Bush had his own refinery in Midland Texas and that is why the gas was cheap under his administration? Aside from him being stupid? She had no idea we were drilling in the Dakotas and she did not know who Ambassador Stevens was? I told her she was misinformed and should start reading more.

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