My Future: 2010

Socrates believed that Democracy was a weak and broken system.  He knew that although its intentions were good, it would eventually be given over to corruption.  Due to the years under the Bush Administration, Americans were tired of week domestic policy.  So during the last presidential election, we chose a man we thought was different.  One we thought would change the corruption in Washington: someone younger, more marketable, and with the charisma of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  My generation was a large part of the movement for change that successfully elected Mr. Obama, however I believe that we have made the biggest mistake of all.  Instead of really looking at the issues we elected someone based on ingenious advertising and strategy.

We voted for change and we have definitely seen that.   Unfortunately we have also witnessed an elitist Presidential family who takes off on first class vacations every other week and a President who plays golf more then he does his job.  Without a doubt, we have seen an extreme change in policy and lifestyles.  However we have not seen a progress in our suffering economy: only an increase in wasteful spending and a decrease in transparency.  The more I hear that the economy is improving from the Democrats in office, the more I see my peers graduate college with all the hopes and dreams in the world only to realize that there is very little opportunity to succeed in the job market.  I cannot help but think that we have elected representatives that continue to campaign and deceive the American people instead of doing their job. 

This is my fear: that my fellow gen y-ers and I will bear the brunt of an irresponsible elitist government.  Tricking the American people into believing that the economy is improving is an impossible feat when Americans continue to loose jobs, downsize, and move back in with their parents. The only change we are feeling is a depressing one: the opposite of the frilly propaganda we voted for two years ago and one that will continue to paralyze our youth.

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