I have been increasingly troubled by what I perceive as a lack of motivation on the part of many young people to move out and move on with their lives. I rented my first apartment at 17 and everyone I knew was looking forward to being out on their own.

I have talked about this with my wife and she agrees our generation was more “grown-up” than today’s kids (I’m talking about 18-21 year olds here). It just doesn’t make sense to me though. I would think the opposite would be true, but the fact is it appears we have a lost generation on our hands. They don’t want to work, don’t want to leave the nest, and have no prospects.

I thought my observations may have been isolated examples, but after reading this post by Stephen Green at VodkaPundit I think its an even bigger problem than I feared. I also agree with Stephen’s assessment of where the fault lies. Go have a read and let me know what you think….

Works for me……

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Only 7% of the people taking this survey are weirder than I am. Which explains a lot, because I’ve been noticing there are definitely some strange people walking the streets these days. And I thought maybe it was just me…..

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UPDATE: As Carol so astutely noted in her comment, what I meant to say is that only 7% of those surveyed are more NORMAL than I am. Which ought to go without saying I suppose……

Over at Hans Bricks there is an incredible post giving some background on the famous sex researcher, Alfred Kinsey. Of course, his story is the subject of a recent Hollywood biopic. What they don’t tell you about the man is the better story. You won’t want to miss learning the dark side about this hero of the left. Read it here.

I’m sure Dr. Kinsey has a special place in hell alongside his Nazi contemporaries.

I had an interesting discussion with my son this weekend about the fair tax initiative that would do away with federal income tax (and the IRS) and replace it with a value added tax of as much as 23% on most purchases . I wasn’t able to articulate all the reasons this sounds like a great idea, other than it really is the fairest way to tax (you have control over ALL your hard earned dollars, how you choose to spend them determines how much you pay in taxes). In fact, it makes so much sense, I can’t imagine Congress would even considering passing the necessary legislation.

Anyway, this article over at The Wide Awakes explains it all in an easily understood fashion. Please read it and let me know what you think–why this would or would not work and whether you would support legislation to make it happen.