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The Depressing Future of the USSA
Conservatives are having a lot of fun calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stupid, etc. Ok. I am not going to defend her intelligence, knowledge, or experience. I disagree with almost everything she says. But I do respect her for getting off her ass and doing something to promote her political agenda. She won. She is in Congress.
How did she get elected? She promised a bunch of Millennials and other assorted disgruntled Leftists that she supported giving them a bunch of free stuff, getting rid of their debts, and giving them a guaranteed income for life if they voted for her. Oh, and punishing rich people.
She won.
In 2020 there is going to be another election, this time for President as well as for Senators and Representatives. The Democrats know who their voters are: The Greatest Generation who voted for FDR (who promised them a bunch of free stuff but never delivered and they voted for him anyway), who then raised the Worst Generation that burned their draft cards and voted for Jimmy Carter, and who then raised the Stupidest Generation that we refer to as the Millennials (so far their voting habits are not well known since they seem to be too lazy to bother to vote, but we will see…). The Millennials are the future voters of the USA. And the Democrats think they know what these voters want:
- free health care,