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AmandaLogan
Amanda Logan
Washington, DC (20005)
Amanda Logan is a Research Associate with the Economic Policy Team at the Center for American Progress. Her work largely focuses on issues surrounding lower- and middle-income American families, including prices for necessities, wages and benefits, economic distress such as bankruptcies, and how they view economic policy. Amanda has appeared on radio programs and her work has been referenced in national media outlets such as The New York Times, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report, CNN, and NBC Nightly News.
June 27, 2008
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The Progressive Generation: How Young Americans View Economic Issues and Why It Matters,
08/01/08
Thanks for your comment. We wrote this paper (http://zedc3test.techprogress.org/issues/2008/05/pdf/progressive_generation.pdf) because we too found the statistics noteworthy. Our report didn't attempt to tease out what is causing the unique views of the Millennial generation, but we did mention a few possible explanations. For instance, it is possible that the difficult financial situation of young adults today and the relatively bleak economy that they are coming of age in (rising costs of education, healthcare, energy and other necessities along with stagnant wages, fewer benefits, and increasing debt levels) compared to recent generations is driving their progressivism. To respond to your question, perhaps young Americans have decided that the benefits of using tax revenue to pay for government programs and services such as universal healthcare and increased support for education outweigh the costs of making individuals shoulder these expenses on their own. For example, Millennials have come of age amid a raging health care debate, and are the most likely age group to lack health care coverage, which might make them feel that the benefits of a universal healthcare system outweigh the cost of a potential tax increase.