Are The Young In UK As Screwed As The Young Here?

[scottie55]

Do they have 20 trillion in debt to repay, a planet that is collapsing, and a handful of wealthy "campaign contributors" running their country as their own piggy bank too?

Most Americans have no idea how badly they are being screwed. Young and old. Half the ones being screwed are too stupid to figure out who is screwing them. I wonder about the Brits.....

[scottie55]

1. An Open Letter to My Fellow Young Americans: We’re Getting Screwed

While we struggle to find jobs and pay off student debt, millionaires and billionaires continue to pour money into elections, skewing the entire political apparatus towards their needs and desires. It’s so bad that experts have actually proved that the US has become an Oligarchy in terms of how consistently government policy reflects the desires of rich donors, not everyday citizens.. As of October, 2015, 154 families had already spent $174M on the first phase of the 2016 election. The US Chamber of Commerce—the lobby group that represents corporate interests—spent $124M in lobbying in 2014 alone, more than the next four largest lobby groups combined. In 2014, billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg contributed $75M and $28M, respectively, to campaigns and other political groups. Charles and David Koch, the industrialist brothers worth a combined $100 Billion, have pledged to spend almost one billion dollars on the 2016 election cycle.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-brown2/an-open-letter-to-my-fell_1_b_9274874.html

[truebrit71]

2. Yup. The difference is the young in the UK aren't being quiet about it.

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