Generation​s, echoes............from Rico

Generations define themselves. Not by what they 'say' but rather by what they 'do.'

Look at this graph courtesy of the FED. Look closely.
- I see the generational 'change' from The Greatest Generation that was running things 1940-50-60 (until about when we "lost" JFK), then I can see what I call The Dumbass Generation managed to do, and the result is today in 2012 where we see the cusp of The Foodstamp Generation.

And not least, as our feckless politicians complete the transition from 'spend' to 'tax and spend' to 'borrow and tax and spend' to just 'borrow everything we spend and tax even more' (as if more of the same will somehow make things all better) while throwing money down the black hole of das Hopenchange (that great Socialist fantasy of The Dumbass Generation) I hear a peculiar "echo" which is captured perfectly in this cartoon from 1932.
- If history does not repeat exactly, it sure as Hell is rhyming pretty well!