Ballooning national debt, unsustainable entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, and foreign policy failures are just a few of the concerning trends that were created or made worse under the presidential leadership of the Baby Boomer generation. As the Boomers extend their unprecedented occupation of the Oval Office into a fourth decade, Americans must openly debate these policy challenges, demand accountability and solutions from the next Boomer president, and weigh carefully the idea of generational accountability in public office. When has one generation governed past its prime and no longer represents the majority of the people?
Check out more on Generational Accountability and more from Bill Whalen:
Watch GoodFellows “Ok Boomers” with special guest Victor Davis Hanson as he and hosts Bill Whalen, HR McMaster, Niall Ferguson, and John Cochrane discuss their generation’s legacy here: https://youtu.be/f-utPIR3vMg
Listen to “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Election Integrity” with Bill Whalen and Ben Ginsburg on Hoover’s Matters of Policy and Politics podcast here: https://www.hoover.org/research/good-bad-and-ugly-election-integrity
Read “As California Goes… So goes the House?” from Bill Whalen here: https://www.hoover.org/research/california-goes-so-goes-house
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