Digby alerts us that “Fix the Debt”, aka “Steal the Trust Fund”, is still on the loose, and they are coming for the Yoot:
The shrieking cries of the fiscal hawks may be somewhat muted with the news that the deficit is shrinking, austerity is a bust and that they’ve achieved their fondest wish of poor people suffering due to sequestration while national security contractors get rich from taxpayer dollars.
But they haven’t yet gotten their hands on the holy grail and until that happens, they will still be using their billions to git ‘er done…
They’re going to keep at this until a fair number of younger people see this point of view as conventional wisdom. I wish there was someone out there on the youth side that was pushing back. It could take a toll over time.
Since I am a geezer, and a musically unhip one at that, I have to ask: Are Midnight Hike, White Ford Bronco, Silver Liners, and Redline Addiction actually hot acts that will draw the kidz? Or are they just the latest form of College-Young-Republican scam where Pete Peterson buys a bunch of resume-padding interns not only better instruments than they could otherwise afford, but some semblance of a captive audience as well?