THIS IS WHY WE'RE IN DEEP $HIT, PEOPLE...
MELISSA QUIN VIA THE DAILY SIGNAL:
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The Cold War ended long ago, and according to one survey,
it’s time for politicians to leave Cold War-era terms such as “big government,”
“socialism” and “capitalism” behind. The reason: Such words mean little to the
millennial generation, who came of age during the Great Recession.
* AND WHO WERE MIS-EDUCATED AND PROPAGANDIZED BY THE LEFT
TO AN EXTENT WE IN OUR 40's, 50's, AND 60's HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY
COMPREHENDING.
The 18- to 29-year-old demographic played a crucial role
in the 2008 and 2012 elections.
These millennials were instrumental in electing Barack
Obama to the presidency not once, but twice.
In 2008, Obama won 66% of voting millennials; in 2012, he
captured 67%.
* HOW DO YOU FIX STUPID?
* FOLKS... THEY'RE NOT SUICIDAL... THEY'RE SIMPLY
IGNORANT AND EGOTISTICAL. THIS GENERATION DOESN'T REALLY LEARN FROM ITS
MISTAKES!
Emily Ekins, polling director for Reason Foundation, says
that had those ages 18 to 29 not voted in 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney
would be in the White House.
* NOT A PANACEA... BUT THINGS WOULD NO DOUBT BE BETTER!
Polling firms, marketers and politicians continue to have
put millennials under the microscope to determine their political leanings and
what drives them to the polls.
A recent survey by Reason-Rupe found that many
millennials don’t understand the words “big government,” “socialism” and
“capitalism” — language that emerged after World War II and during the Cold
War.
Generation Y, Ekins says, simply doesn’t extract much
meaning from such terms.
Ekins discussed the importance to communicators of the
findings of Reason-Rupe’s Spring 2014 Millennial Survey during last week’s
Bloggers Briefing at The Heritage
Foundation.
Check out some key results of the poll in the five charts
below:
1) Millennials say “capitalism” is a better economic
system than “socialism” by only a small margin. However, when asked if they
believe a free market economy is better than a government-managed one, the
margin widens substantially.
* THEY - THE MILLENNIALS... GENERATION Y... ARE LITERALLY
REACTING TO THE WORD "FREE." THEY LIKE "FREE" THINGS... AND
THEY ALSO VALUE "FREEDOM." THE TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO (i.e. RESPONSIBILITY
AND SELF-RELIANCE) IS A HUGE STUMBLING BLOCK HOWEVER. ("ENTITLED
LIBERTARIANISM" BEING PRETTY MUCH AN OXYMORON...)
2) Millennials don’t quite know what “socialism” means.
* LITERALLY! (CHECK OUT THE CHARTS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS
STORY! USE THE LINK PROVIDED UP TOP!)
* HOWEVER...
3) Millennials say they prefer a “larger government” that
provides more services. They don’t tend to think of “big government” leading to
higher taxes and heavier regulation.
* AGAIN... HOW DO YOU FIX STUPID? (AS YOU CAN SEE, I JUST
GET ANNOYED; SADLY, EVEN I SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO TREAT THESE
IDIOTS WITH KID GLOVES IF WE'RE TO REACH THEM AND "FIX" THEM.)
Once the possibility of higher taxes to support a larger
government is mentioned, though, millennials’ support shifts.
(*SNORT*)
4. Under the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, the cost
of health insurance increases for young people to subsidize the cost of health
insurance for the elderly and less affluent. Millennials covered under their
parents’ plans — they can remain so until 26 under ObamaCare — support others
helping pay to insure the uninsured.
* HOWEVER...
However, those paying for their own plans disagree.
* TYPICAL. (HOW DO YOU FIX SELFISHLY INCONSISTENT AND HYPOCRITICAL?)
5) Millennials are fiscal centrists and social liberals,
Ekins says. On fiscal issues, millennials see themselves as closer to
Republicans such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie than to President Obama... however...
millennials rate themselves closer to liberal Democrats such as Obama on social
issues.
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