Why Are Young Americans Supportive of Obama When His Policies Are So Bad for Them?

Daniel J. Mitchell

Young people voted for Obama in overwhelming numbers, but the question is why?  As I explain in this interview for Blaze TV, they are being hurt by his policies.  It’s not just that youth unemployment is high. Obama’s policies also are hurting those who found jobs.   Simply stated, these “lucky” folks are getting below-average pay.

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I specifically explain that academics have determined that those entering the labor market in a weak economy will suffer a long-run loss of income. 

Some of you may think I’m clutching at straws because I don’t like Obama, but perhaps you’ll believe the man who formerly served as the Chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.  Here’s some of what Austin Goolsbee wrote several years ago for the New York Times……Now think about today’s young people. They’re buried in debt, thanks to government programs that have caused a third-party payer crisis. Yet they are having a hard time finding jobs because Obama’s policies are stunting the economy’s performance.  And even if they do find a job, the research suggests they will get paid less. Not just today, but for the foreseeable future.  Yet they gush over Obama. Go figure….To Read More…..  

My Take - "Yet they gush over Obama. Go figure"  He's asking the wrong question.  The question that should be asked is in an historical context.  We could start with; why were young German boys and men so willing to die for the Furhrer?  Even as it was obvious that German was going to lose the war many of them thought it was a great honor to die for Hitler.  The answer?  Young people aren’t smart enough to understand things properly because their brains aren't wired for mature thinking yet. No matter how much schooling they may have, or how high their I.Q. may be, that doesn’t revoke biology.  Emotions play a much bigger role in their world view than intellect.  Admittedly, that doesn’t mean all young people are as incapable of thinking clearly as the rest, but biologically most fall in this category.  Anyone with sense should have known that giving 18 year olds the right to vote would lead to this.  The founding fathers clearly understood this.