Are young people (under 30) happy with the Obama's economy the last 4 years?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

The general gist of the people I am around are not happy with the Obama economy, but most of us have really no hope that it can get any better anytime soon. Instead of talking about the real issues facing this country, we harp on abortion, gay marriage, rapegate, Romney's religion, whether he left Bain in 1999, whether Obama was born in Kenya or if he is a socialist, who is the nicer guy, etc... not of which effects us. Meanwhile, we have half of college graduates taking jobs that high schoolers should be doing, unemployment continues to be up, and there is really no end in sight.

The sad thing is, my generation is becoming so jaded with how things are which is not good for the future of this country. It isn't about politics. It's about fixing the problems, and the people in control right now just want to fight over petty crap that is totally irrelevant to the health of this country.

Obama should be beatable. He's had 4 years and has shown little competence to fix things and cannot stand up to his own party most of the time. On the other side, we have Mittens, who's party is more concerned with keeping gays from marrying, arguing which type of rape is legit rape, and whether or not we should keep abortion legal which has been legal for 40 years. It's just really frustrating to myself and plenty of other young people who actually give a damn.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Right. We need to decide on a tax system and set it for at least 5 years. This business of extending them each year is not good for businesses. Instead we just punt every year and wait till next year to see what will happen. If the Bush cuts are going to expire, let them, if not, extend them until our economy is in good enough shape to raise taxes. I still subscribe to the belief that we should not raise taxes when the economy is unstable purely for psychological reasons, and if those in Washington believes that then they need to say so so businesses can plan for the future.

And the president cannot really effect he economy but he can set policies that encourage growth and instill confidence in the public.