Millennials have
to be ready to, without much persuasion of, invest in a system. We’re a
generation that has been raised on systems. And we’ve seen them fail immensely.
We want people to benefit and to have their needs taken care of (because, we do
care about others). But to convince us we have to personally dump money (and a
lot of it) into a system to help someone else, but not knowing if it’s going to
work or not – is a far reach. Why not just go volunteer and help them directly
ourselves?
An article in The Wall Street Journal notes: “Across the board, young people are interested in taking action by participating in volunteer opportunities offered through nonprofit young professional groups.” Let us help someone with our hands not through a complicated online process! Anyways, this healthcare effort is already proving true to be one more big government idea that does not work.
An article in The Wall Street Journal notes: “Across the board, young people are interested in taking action by participating in volunteer opportunities offered through nonprofit young professional groups.” Let us help someone with our hands not through a complicated online process! Anyways, this healthcare effort is already proving true to be one more big government idea that does not work.
Millennials
need to have money to invest money.
If this generation has a job, they are paying for college loans, taking care of
spouses and children, putting gas in the car or simply choosing to live simple
lives. And money we do have, we enjoy spending it on new technology devices,
travels, dining out or even helping causes. Try to convince us to spend money
on a burdensome website that doesn’t work, offering something we don’t need –
why waste your breath?!
Millennials
are technology experts. Computers,
tablets, smart phones, are extensions of our brains. If we had built the
website, it could have been done for one fourth of the cost, and been completed
in half the time. Users would be singing its praises not mocking its existence.
A good technology program is smooth, seamless, and fast. Our attention spans
are short, and our expectation for technology to work quickly is a must.
Anything longer than 20 seconds – merits our complaining and irritation.
In this article titled Obama continues to slide with Millennials, young people avoiding
Obamacare, the author notes:
"Young people, who are used to fast-working technology, have been
discouraged from visiting the Obamacare exchange website because of the
unending reports of glitches and problems. They’re impatient and don’t want to
wait. Meanwhile, outreach efforts have largely fallen flat.
"The
“hope” and “change” for which they voted in 2008 and 2012 hasn’t come to pass.
Instead, young voters have seen the status quo coupled with incompetence.
They’re sick of it."
And, finally
- Millennials are smart. We have
access to more information than any generation before us. We are not dumb. But, obviously President Obama and colleagues do
not think highly of us – otherwise they would not demean us with their commercials
that use sex, alcohol and laziness to woo us into their program.
The title of an
article in The Washington Examiner says it best “Obamacare sales pitches insult Millennials' intelligence”. How
grateful we are that someone gets it!
This op-ed piece goes on to say: “The administration seems to think the reason why Millennials are hesitant to sign up is because of a lack of persuasive messaging. But the problem isn't with the administration's sales tactics -- it's with the product itself...Sadly, the administration doesn’t seem to have figured out that just talking about Obamacare differently isn’t going to make it more attractive to young people...This latest campaign also is more evidence that liberals view young people as children.” (Emphasis mine.)
This op-ed piece goes on to say: “The administration seems to think the reason why Millennials are hesitant to sign up is because of a lack of persuasive messaging. But the problem isn't with the administration's sales tactics -- it's with the product itself...Sadly, the administration doesn’t seem to have figured out that just talking about Obamacare differently isn’t going to make it more attractive to young people...This latest campaign also is more evidence that liberals view young people as children.” (Emphasis mine.)
Another article from National Review says: “Young
enrollees are critical to the success of Obamacare… a lack of youth enrollments
means that there are fewer healthier people to subsidize the sick. One bad
sign: Young Americans, once one of President Obama’s strongest supporters, have
turned against the law, and disapprove of it 51 percent to 42 percent,
according to Quinnipiac.” (National Review)
Instead of solidifying Obama’s base, this debacle of a
healthcare effort is pushing us farther away.
Perhaps, this generation has finally found its role in
the economy. By applying our skill of stubbornness, we can dig our feet in a
little harder and – if we really are the market needed for this monstrosity to
survive – maybe, just maybe, Millennials will play a big role in preserving
American freedom by causing its demise.
So, don’t blame us, Mr. President for not carrying the
ball for you down the court, helping you hit the hole in one, or providing you
with the winning tackle when it comes to your healthcare effort. We got you to
the White House but it’s obvious you don’t respect our generation, the insight
we possess and our ability to think, and not be swayed by lies.
If you really cared about us, you would ensure your team understood us. But you don’t and you didn’t. So, we’re checking out. You’re on your own on this one.
If you really cared about us, you would ensure your team understood us. But you don’t and you didn’t. So, we’re checking out. You’re on your own on this one.
- ajh
Author note: As I was preparing this piece, an article came out from The Fiscal Times praising the results of a CNN poll that Millennials have hope in President Obama’s healthcare plan. Before you believe the data, consider where the poll came from.
Author note: As I was preparing this piece, an article came out from The Fiscal Times praising the results of a CNN poll that Millennials have hope in President Obama’s healthcare plan. Before you believe the data, consider where the poll came from.