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In reply to the discussion: If you want to lose the Millennial vote completely, nominate Hillary Clinton. [View all]JustAnotherGen
(33,030 posts)Not so sure about Warren or Sanders - but in my circle it's hard to find Clinton fans.
What's funny - so many of my girlfriends (I lived in NY State in 2000) - we were volunteers on her Senate campaign.
What's gone off the rails here? Maybe it's not Millenials - maybe it's the cynics who seem to be doing okay financially (that's not a blanket statement but many of us HAVE benefited from the Tech boom/growth business in terms of careers) looking up and saying -
I've got to put kids in college in ten years, worry about my retirement/health AND now they want to send our parents to the Cat Food store for dinner every night?
The best thing the boomers and millenials have got is us. We give a shit about our parents and silent generations (my parents had a slight age difference so I grew up with both) social security -
But we also care about our own. Who is SUPPOSED to have a good job to fund mine? The Millenials.
We need infrastructure jobs, green jobs, fair and equitable pay, and opportunities for young people. . . and to shore up SS and Medicare for older Americans.