The Youth of the Nation

When I see stuff like this, I can`t help but wonder about the future of this country. As the recession mounts, more and more 20-somethings are being kicked out of the workplace and forced back into their parents` houses. I`ve been personally very fortunate thus far, but everywhere I look, more and more of my demographic is being marginalized. It`s like no one even thinks about us.

Here we are, staring down the barrel of the largest debt in this nation`s history (which we`re going to be paying down for the rest of our lives), and now we can`t even get real jobs. President Obama would do well to examine this situation again. The same youth vote that got him elected 4 months ago is going to massively turn against him as the economy gets worse. Young adults with no jobs, money, or hope are a major problem for any nation - just look at Greece, Iceland, China, Latvia, France, Ireland, etc. Historically, wars have provided a means with which to employ some of these youth (World War II helping to end the Great Depression, Continual border wars in Rome, and so on), but in the modern world, all we have is the ``War on Terror``, an extremely unpopular conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I`m not advocating war, by the way. Bloodshed is horrible, and should NEVER be condoned or accepted as ``part of life``,but I`m more interested in truth than idealism. If President Obama would avoid the protests so rampant in other parts of the world, he should look at the situations that caused these violent riots: corrupt officials (which are universal) and economic downturns, followed by massive unemployment among the youth (also found in this country). As more and more young peope realize that their government has ``sold them up the river``, I believe that there will be an escalation of violent protests - maybe not for a few months, but as the recession worsens....