[lbo-talk] MTV poll: the kids are alright

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>MTV AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RELEASE LANDMARK STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE
>AND HAPPINESS
>
>... Overall the study
>shows that young people (13-24) today are generally very happy,
>optimistic about the future and have goals in place to achieve a
>happier tomorrow. ...
>
>Almost no respondents mentioned
>anything financial or material as a source of happiness when asked an
>unaided question about what makes them happy. But many young people
>report financial woes as a source of unhappiness. In looking to the
>future, 70 percent say they want to be rich ...

Soothsayer Remick foresees a heap of sorrow in store for this fatuous 
complacent generation.

Carl

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