Comments on: California’s Fourth Turning http://blog.lifecourse.com/2010/02/californias-fourth-turning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Neil Howe's Generational Blog Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: ssgconway http://blog.lifecourse.com/2010/02/californias-fourth-turning/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 ssgconway Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:46:16 +0000 http://blog.lifecourse.com/?p=390#comment-2289 Michigan is getting ready to have a generational power shift in state government as an early-retirement offer with strong negative incentives for those who decline it will clear out most Boomers from the civil service. Michigan's crisis predates the nation's by several years, and now a new genration will literally take over the levers of power in state government. Michigan is getting ready to have a generational power shift in state government as an early-retirement offer with strong negative incentives for those who decline it will clear out most Boomers from the civil service. Michigan's crisis predates the nation's by several years, and now a new genration will literally take over the levers of power in state government.

]]> By: C. Kennedy http://blog.lifecourse.com/2010/02/californias-fourth-turning/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 C. Kennedy Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:33:19 +0000 http://blog.lifecourse.com/?p=390#comment-2164 No matter whom we elect, obstructionism on either side will continue as politicians vie for power while striving to keep system that elected them going. Sadly, it will be a painful readjustment for all of us when that system breaks down. No matter whom we elect, obstructionism on either side will continue as politicians vie for power while striving to keep system that elected them going. Sadly, it will be a painful readjustment for all of us when that system breaks down.

]]> By: ChicagoH http://blog.lifecourse.com/2010/02/californias-fourth-turning/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 ChicagoH Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:17:03 +0000 http://blog.lifecourse.com/?p=390#comment-2159 "...atop a successful strategy of relentless and effective obstructionism, Congress has been virtually incapable of doing anything difficult because the minority party will either block it or run against it, or both. And make no mistake: Congress will need to do hard things, and soon."<br><br>THAT is why Massachusetts voters elected Scott Brown, not (as the pundits will have us believe) as a moratorium against Obama and the Democratic party overall. The current mindset of Americans is to elect whomever convinces them they will FIX WHAT'S WRONG. No one cares what political party the person belongs to (well, outside of Boomers, who still do). <br><br>They want obstructionism on both sides to end. They want "politics" as we currently know it to end, and for elected officials to just solve the problems that make their everyday lives miserable. That's why more people say they're Independents. That's why each new poll shows that people are more likely to vote Republican, or why they think this-person-or-that-person is more electable than Obama. <br><br>People want solutions that encompass all points of view, not just the Progressives, or the Tea Partiers, or the Democrats or the Republicans. It's just typical early 4T behavior. “…atop a successful strategy of relentless and effective obstructionism, Congress has been virtually incapable of doing anything difficult because the minority party will either block it or run against it, or both. And make no mistake: Congress will need to do hard things, and soon.”

THAT is why Massachusetts voters elected Scott Brown, not (as the pundits will have us believe) as a moratorium against Obama and the Democratic party overall. The current mindset of Americans is to elect whomever convinces them they will FIX WHAT'S WRONG. No one cares what political party the person belongs to (well, outside of Boomers, who still do).

They want obstructionism on both sides to end. They want “politics” as we currently know it to end, and for elected officials to just solve the problems that make their everyday lives miserable. That's why more people say they're Independents. That's why each new poll shows that people are more likely to vote Republican, or why they think this-person-or-that-person is more electable than Obama.

People want solutions that encompass all points of view, not just the Progressives, or the Tea Partiers, or the Democrats or the Republicans. It's just typical early 4T behavior.

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