Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Editorials & Other Articles
In reply to the discussion: OK, boomers; look at what we've left for our grandkids [View all]Martin68
(22,791 posts)25. I would posit, and I'm surprised more DU people don't agree, that it is the
Republican Party that has year by year decreased funding of state colleges, supported for-profit institutions at the expense of public ones, supported for-profit academic lenders, fought against affirmative action at the higher eduction level, and created a hostile environment for education in general. I live in Virginia, and it was Republicans who drastically reduced state funding of the Commonwealths's public universities.
So, you can blame it on Republican boomers, but I resent the both sides-ism that implicates ALL boomers in any of the disasters the GOP has visited upon this nation.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
47 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
The fuck you I got mine generation. Literally voted to take it away from their grandkids
onecaliberal
Sep 2022
#1
What's the hell is up? Well, it happened on our watch. Mine anyway -- I'm a boomer.
KPN
Sep 2022
#16
+1. Not this Boomer, and I was horrified when Dutch, The Gipper won in 1980.
appalachiablue
Sep 2022
#15
Excellent opinion piece. If you're a DU'er and a boomer, don't take it personally. It's not
KPN
Sep 2022
#18
And there are x-ers and y-ers and z-ers and mill-ers who have voted for Trump, or not voted.
Martin68
Sep 2022
#32
OTOH, people who were liberal in their youth turned reactionary when they got older.
shrike3
Sep 2022
#44