>One reason why this generation is less than enthusiastic about protesting >the government is they feel powerless.
Well, they are powerless to do what they want. According to recent polls, most Americans feel that we can balance the budget without raising taxes by cutting waste alone. By cutting waste, they are not talking about that local program that creates jobs, national defense, Medicare, Social security, etc. It's those folks over there wasting money. Wingnuts makes a fairly convincing argument that most Americans believe convenient falsehoods. For example, most folks of the greatest generation believed that they put far more into Social Security and Medicare than they received. I've pushed people on this and they fell to arguing that they would have invested in 3M, switched to Microsoft at the right moment, and then into Talbs funds if only they didn't pay those taxes. I think Pogo is right. We have met the enemy and he is us. Remember, in the early '70s, Archie Bunker was closer to the average American than Abbie Hoffman. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
