A new poll of 18 to 25 year-old Americans shows some interesting findings (the USA Today story on this can be found here).
While they favor the Democratic Party by a substantial margin (48% to 35%), this isn't really a surprise. Virtually no one, myself included, wants to be considered a Republican right now (but don't worry, a year or two of Pelosi-nomics should change that).
More positively, though, they are the most likely of any generation to favor globalization, free trade, and to see outsourcing as helping instead of hurting America. They are less critical of business, and they are also the most likely to support the privitization of Social Security. Overwhelmingly, their top priority is to be rich (81%). This stands in stark contrast to their baby-boomer parents (USA Today reports that a similar poll of college freshmen in 1967 found that 85.8% thought it was essential to "develop a meaningful philosophy of life" while just 41.9% thought it essential to "be very well off financially).
So, while I remain somewhat skeptical and won't read too much into this, I'd still say cheers to what, based on this poll, looks like the most economically literate generation America has had in a while.
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Then again, think of all the gadgets we have now compared to the 60s. Now there are iPods, iPhones (as of yesterday), blogs, hybrid cars, much-improved plastic surgery, etc. So really the only reason they want to be rich is so they can afford to live the Hollywood liberal lifestyle.
Heartless bastards.
We should be redistributing our wealth to those in need. Everyone is entitled to a good living by the concept of a "Evolving Constitution." Food, housing, clothing, income, and entertainment should all be guaranteed by the government.
It's not the poor's fault they are poor.
I'm not one of those people who say the poor always "deserve what they get." There's no doubt that most impoverished children will have rougher childhoods and a much harder time making it to where we all are.
My point on the poverty issue is that, because of the free market (not in spite of it), America's poor live better than the vast majority of those everywhere else, and have far more opportunities. If we took a history timeline in living standards from say, 1800 up to today, today's Americans, both rich and poor would all fall into the "richest 1%" that liberals love to loathe.
This explains why millions of immigrants risk their lives every year just to have the chance to live among America's poor. Because they realize the opportunities a capitalist country presents. Those on the left want to stifle these very opportunities that have caused this dramatic rise in living standards.
Notice all the overweight bums on MARTA and River Street.
Also, today at lunch Will and I had our first Eastern European waiter... at Johnny Harris.
Lest ye forget the growing mexican problem up here in the ATL, which I've touched on before. They are now demanding all of this crap, and they're not even citizens. And they smell bad.
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