Today's NEWSWEEK's effort to be sensational labels 18-35 year-olds as "Generation Screwed".
For me, thoughts provoked by the article include the real possibility that young people may not have the opportunities we did. There were jobs and choices for the non-college bound and there was little question that a college degree would get us on a promising career path. Now what's certain for many in school is deep debt. And will there be a Villages for them?
Since we boomers have had such a huge impact and really forced society to cater to us because of our numbers, I think we have to think of others now, especially the young. No matter how hard we worked for what we got, I don't think retirement allows us to ignore giving strong support for education and opportunity for them.
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