Did the Baby Boomers Break Government?

CNN: “Could it be that the reason our government is broken is because of which generation is running things?”

“Authors Morley Winograd and Michael Hais think so, insisting that the problem is that power is now firmly in the hands of self-righteous baby boomers who have spent their entire lives convinced that anyone who disagrees with them is morally inferior. Boomers won’t negotiate anything, Winograd and Hais say, because they think every position they hold is rooted in something no less sacred than their values, and they’re understandably reluctant to negotiate their values.”

These children, particularly those on the conservative side, were born after WWII into a country with the Democratic New Deal and a grand social contract in place, generous progressive taxes, and so much going for them relative to bombed out Europe. Now that they have achieved some success with all these advantages, they want to dismantle the safety net, void their social obligations, turn their backs on compromise and responsibility, and leave things worse for the next generations.

They are the “I got mine, sucks to be you” generation.

(Source: politicalwire.com)