A Pyrrhic Victory for America’s Youth

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Will the president’s young fans stop dancing when the entitlement bill comes due?

Scott W. Atlas

11/12/12

 

Dancing in Chicago, young voters gleefully celebrated President Obama’s victory. Indeed, voters younger than 30 may well have changed the outcome of the race. They represented 19 percent of all voters, even more than they did in 2008, and they favored President Obama by 60 to 37 percent, according to exit polling.

 

One college student asked me, “What exactly are they so excited about?”

 

 

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Presumably, they aren’t celebrating the increasing tax burdens awaiting the lucky few of them — mainly those who have studied hard and long and spent a great deal on both the direct and indirect (from delayed entry into the work force) costs of advanced education — who will finally attain lucrative jobs.

 

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