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Ethics, duty, self sacrifice is a sticky business and seems to have a short half life. Personally, I can see her point(s). Have we as a society run out of ethical running room?
And I don’t excuse myself, I am a member of this generation and looking back I can see that I too have acted against what may be considered the collectives best interest(s) for my own gratification. I can only hope I have somehow repaid that debt. by service and giving back in general.
The Worst Generation's war in Wisconsin
Monday, February 21, 2011
By Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
We baby boomers have been called, with good reason, "The Worst Generation."
Our parents survived the Great Depression, then donned uniforms to fight the Good War and save Western Civilization. We call them "The Greatest Generation." We use capital letters to honor their achievements and spirit of uncomplaining self-sacrifice.
But they gave birth to us, the cohort born between 1945 and 1964, and they gave us everything they never had. Since fate has demanded little of us, we spoiled "baby boomers" are, as former Clinton adviser Paul Begala (born 1961) has written, "the most self-centered, self-seeking, self-interested, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-aggrandizing generation" in U.S. history.
That epic selfishness is on full display in Wisconsin's budget battle.
Like the rest of the country, Wisconsin's government, unions and schools, led mostly by boomers, are trying to stem a tide of red ink. Unlike the federal government, Wisconsin can't just print more money or borrow from the Chinese.
So the rest of America is closely watching Wisconsin: Will the boomers finally step up, as their parents did, and do what's best for the next generation?
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And I don’t excuse myself, I am a member of this generation and looking back I can see that I too have acted against what may be considered the collectives best interest(s) for my own gratification. I can only hope I have somehow repaid that debt. by service and giving back in general.
The Worst Generation's war in Wisconsin
Monday, February 21, 2011
By Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
We baby boomers have been called, with good reason, "The Worst Generation."
Our parents survived the Great Depression, then donned uniforms to fight the Good War and save Western Civilization. We call them "The Greatest Generation." We use capital letters to honor their achievements and spirit of uncomplaining self-sacrifice.
But they gave birth to us, the cohort born between 1945 and 1964, and they gave us everything they never had. Since fate has demanded little of us, we spoiled "baby boomers" are, as former Clinton adviser Paul Begala (born 1961) has written, "the most self-centered, self-seeking, self-interested, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-aggrandizing generation" in U.S. history.
That epic selfishness is on full display in Wisconsin's budget battle.
Like the rest of the country, Wisconsin's government, unions and schools, led mostly by boomers, are trying to stem a tide of red ink. Unlike the federal government, Wisconsin can't just print more money or borrow from the Chinese.
So the rest of America is closely watching Wisconsin: Will the boomers finally step up, as their parents did, and do what's best for the next generation?
more at-
Read more: The Worst Generation's war in Wisconsin
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