Young People Can’t Afford Trump’s New War

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Days after the September 11th attacks, Hunter S. Thompson penned an essay for ESPN.

He wrote, “Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed… The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what’s coming now.”

The wild party for rich kids is certainly over. Since 2001, home prices more than doubled, and the national debt is about six times larger. Pew Research data from 2018 demonstrated that real wages remained stagnant for decades. The War on Terror cost America 8 trillion dollars in direct expenditures alone, causing an economic windfall we are only beginning to understand. (RELATED: Russia Reportedly Helps Iran Target American Troops)

Our newest Middle East war has begun, this time in Iran, and we could use a Hunter S. Thompson. Afghanistan and Iraq economically decimated Gen Z, and President Trump’s new war breaks the fundamental economic promises he made to the young people who elected........

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