Inland Empire Progressive

A motivating speech, for a motivating time.

  As someone apart of the Millennial Generation, I feel that the title above really represents our fate. We have little to no social safety net, deeply indebted, and face a tax burden and services shortage that will be draconian. Finally, we have an elder care crisis looming on the horizon. The future seems bleak, but apathy is not the solution. We have to rise up and become like our grandparents: The Greatest Generation. Our parents have squandered our wealth but probably through no fault of their own. I think this because in our era, the era of big data, we have information at our fingertips. We can look up budgets and generate algorithms and see line by line where our money is being spent. This is where we will have the most cost savings. Efficiencies in government programs because of information are being identified but we have to make sure that policies reflect the data.

We the Millennials, have been battered, beaten, and torn down by this economic crisis, and this is only the beginning. We will inherit by far the most challenging choices that have ever been faced by our nation. From the economy to the environment, we can easily become discouraged and disillusioned at our current plight. However, we can fight back. We are the most interconnected portion of the population and we can persuade the establishment on both the local and the national level that our interests matter.  If you don’t think so, look at the nation’s that have fallen to interconnected networks of youth. The Progressive commitment to the Millennials could not come at a more opportune time. To unite our sometimes apathetic generation the Progressives must present a bold position on principles and policies that ensure that our youth never again face the prospect of poverty and destitution. We, as Progressives, must present a path of stability and long term growth. These are the ...