The Baby Boomers ruined America. That sounds like a hyperbolic claim, but it’s one way to state what I found as I tried to solve a riddle. American society is going through a strange set of shifts: Even as cultural values are in rapid flux, political institutions seem frozen in time. The average U.S. state constitution is more than 100 years old. We are in the third-longest period without a constitutional amendment in American history: The longest such period ended in the Civil War. So what’s to blame for this institutional aging?
One possibility is simply that Americans got older. The average American was 32 years old in 2000, and 37 in 2018. The retiree share of the population is booming, while birth rates are plummeting. When a society gets older, its politics change. Older voters have different interests than younger voters: Cuts to retiree-focused benefits are scarier, while long-term problems such as excessive student debt, climate change, and low birth rates are more easily ignored.
But it’s not just aging. In a variety of different areas, the Baby Boom generation created, advanced, or preserved policies that made American institutions less dynamic. In a recent report for the American Enterprise Institute, I looked at issues including housing, work rules, higher education, law enforcement, and public budgeting, and found a consistent pattern: The political ascendancy of the Boomers brought with it tightening control and stricter regulation, making it harder to succeed in America. This lack of dynamism largely hasn’t hurt Boomers, but the mistakes of the past are fast becoming a crisis for younger Americans.
More Davy Identity Theft on Fri, 28th Jun 2019 8:12 pm
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JuanP on Fri, 28th Jun 2019 8:13 pm
Delusional Davy “You are just ridiculous. You are like a kid who can’t stop playing with himself.”
You are projecting again, Davy! Your projections are a hilarious giveaway! ROFLMFAO!
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JuanP on Fri, 28th Jun 2019 8:11 pm
quit trashing the forum juanpee on Fri, 28th Jun 2019 8:15 pm
“Delusional Davy “You are just ridiculous. You are like a kid who can’t stop playing with himself.”
“You are projecting again, Davy! Your projections are a hilarious giveaway! ROFLMFAO!”
BORING
JuanP on Fri, 28th Jun 2019 8:21 pm
Delusional Davy “BTW how is your chronic depression these days?”
Funny that you should bring that up. I am better than ever before in my life. I haven’t experienced any depression symptoms in months. I think I have perfected my lifestyle. I have found the perfect combination of traveling, exercising, and helping others. My retirement has done wonders. The facts that I have more money than I will ever possibly need and I can do whatever I want with the rest of my life definitely help. I will dedicate the rest of my life to helping those who are less fortunate than I am; this fills my life with purpose and meaning.
I won’t ask about your mental illnesses because the answer is obvious.
JuanP on Fri, 28th Jun 2019 8:26 pm
Delusional Davy “BORING”
You sound just like your retarded, narcissistic president. What hope does the USA have with assholes like you as part of it? How many lives have you made worse in your lifetime? Your own daughter won’t see you or talk to you! You are one sorry excuse of an animal, Exceptionalist!
Davy on Fri, 28th Jun 2019 9:20 pm
Sorry for trashing the forum and my stupid shit again everyone. I can’t help myself. I need somebody to help me.
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