Millennials... The Future of America
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Perhaps there is hope that the millennials will get it right. After they actually take charge sometime in the future. From Reason some interesting factoids. Millennials Think Government Is Inefficient, Abuses Its Power, and Supports Cronyism But young Americans also want government to guarantee health insurance and living wages; plan to vote for Democrats in 2014 and 2016 A Reason-Rupe survey of 2,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 finds 66 percent of millennials believe government is inefficient and wasteful — a substantial increase since 2009, when just 42 percent of millennials said government was inefficient and wasteful. Nearly two-thirds of millennials, 63 percent, think government regulators favor special interests, whereas just 18 percent feel regulators act in the public’s interest. Similarly, 58 percent of 18-to-29 year-olds are convinced government agencies abuse their powers, while merely 25 per...