Young Folks: Fight for Your Own Cause

All is not a bed of roses for our younger generation. Just ask my two 20-something sons. I read an interesting article about the challenges facing the younger generation. This is an issue worthy of economic developers' attention.

Here are a couple clips from the article:

"Why don't young people yet realize they constitute a class at a systemic disadvantage?"

"Which is all fine and admirable, but the fact remains that the social safety net in this country, now in tatters, was built through enlightened self-interest, by workers and women and retirees, not by people fighting for causes a world away. If young people don't march on their own behalf, who will march for them?"

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