4.02.2011

"Baby Boomers need to realize the world they expected is not the world they are living in"

Lee Kuan Yew is supernumerary minister as Mini...Image via Wikipedia"The baby boomers need to realize, the world they expected is not the world they are living in."

Lee Kuan Yew, the father of Singapore, was interviewed last week on Charlie Rose and arguably his most interesting comments were those addressing the US debt burden and the reality facing American Baby Boomers as they approach retirement.  It is almost impossible to find a single American politician that will be this brutally honest with the American people about the challenges we face as a civilization because of the failure of leadership demonstrated by the Baby Boomer generation.

One can only hope this leads to a rapid and radical turnover in our current political leadership, with much younger minds taking control of navigating a geopolitical dynamic that is far too complicated and interconnected for our parents generation to understand.
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