General
Accounting: Understanding the Fiscal Disaster
Boston University Econ. Prof.'s speech to United We Stand America.
Kansas City
Star Debt Crisis Site
A thorough set of articles and links condemning the Federal Debt
Debt Clock
Watch the debt grow every second and link to some good debt sites elsewhere
The Problem
with the Debt
A solid article condemning the debt. You can also hop to: BluGene
Territory with links to this article and a few others of import.
Devil in the Details
Interesting stories and facts from "The American Prospect" magazine.
The First Balanced
Budget in a Generation
Congress Republicans outline the 1997 Balanced Budget Act
The Moral Imperative
of a Balanced Budget
A Congressman explains the need for a balanced budget
Conservative Generation X
Web site for right-leaning generation Xers. You can also hop directly
to...
Links for the Conservative
Generation X
Adam Rifkin's
Lead ... or Leave Page
"Democracy is not a spectator sport"- Generation X resources.
Welcome to Campus Green Vote
Web site for national non-profit group dedicated to organizing voters
to protect the environment.
100 Harshest
Facts About Our Future
List of 100 discouraging social statistics.
And a Purple
Dinosaur Shall Lead Them
Paper on the future of intergenerational politics. Part of the Bad
Subjects web site.
Xers Could Get Nothing
An article from the Washington Post indicating the plight of Xers
Generation
X: Unplugged
A relatively frank surmisal of the present situation for Xers with
links to other Xer sites
U.S.
Debt Will Burden the Young: Economic future looks scary for an entire generation
An article with links from a special edition of the Kansas City Star
Don't Worry Generation
X: Why the demographic nightmare of the 20-somethings isn't likely to come
true
An alternative (and more optimistic) look at the present and future
state of affairs for Xers
Great
Expectations
A recent article from Time magazine about the Xers
alt.culture
GenX topic directory with search engine.
Quality Xer
Sites
A brief set of links to some good pages done by Xers
Generation
X Mythology
A collection of modern urban legends
Gen X Hasn't
Crossed Out Religion
A hopeful look at Gen X spiritual culture
Adam Rifkin's
Generation X Links Page
A-Z GenX links and a bibliography of recommended reading.
The Angst
Page
Web site dedicated to generation X "angst."
The Angst Site
The mother of all depressing sites. You might wish to start with Frequently
Asked Questions to put this site in some perspective
Don't Call Me "Generation
X"
A fun rant
Generation X - A Prevention
Parable, A Call to Insight
Advice from a Silent on reaching the Xers
How to Reach Xers and
Reaching the First Post-Christian
Generation
Advice from some religious folks on reaching the Xers
Managing
Generation X: Are they spoiled brats or talented entrepreneurs and
The Care and Feeding
of Generation X
Advice from some businesses on reaching the Xers
Balance the Budget Game
Third Millenium's exercise on balancing the budget.
Bipartisan Commission
on Entitlement and Tax Reform
Report of the Commission's findings and reccomendations for the future
Entitlements,
Take 2
An old but good article from The Atlantic Monthly that really sinks
its teeth into the entitlements problem
Resources
on Welfare Reform
A very comprehensive set of links on entitlement reform
Medicare Articles
A selection of news articles and other information about Medicare reform
Medicare
The NCPA examines Medicare
Victory
for the GOP
How the GOP touts their Medicare reform "victory"
Medicaid
The Health Care Financing Administration which administers Medicare
and Medicaid programs nationwide provides their resources for exploring
these entitlements
Pell Grants
An introductory look at Pell Grants from the provider
The Student
Financial Aid Crisis in America
A poorly layed out page with some interesting information from the
105th Congress
Food Stamps
An introductory look at Food Stamps, the welfare reform sites listed
above have more food stamp links. Contains several articles on food stamps
including The Depth of Food Stamp
Cuts in the Final Welfare Bill. This site contains general interest
articles on the budget as well
Organizations Related
to Politics
Vote Smart's directory of political organizations.
All Things Political
A fairly comprehensive set of links and guides to politics on the web
The Democratic National Committee
DNC website with info on the party, the platform, news, etc.
Republican National Committee -- Republican
Main Street
Republican web site with needed info and links.
Libertarian Party
Libertarian website: "the third largest party in America."
Green Parties of North America
Resource for Green Party topics.
United We Stand America
One of the Reform Party's better sites with links to other Reform Party
Sites (check out 'Issues' from their menu for good anti-Debt propaganda)
The US Department of the Treasury
US Dept. of the Treasury web site.
The Time Page
An examination of cycles and generations in U.S. History similar to
the Fourth Turning Site
The
Baby Boom Turns 50
A set of articles and links all about boomers from a recent issue of
Life magazine
Note: There is relatively little information online for the Silent and G.I. Generations - look them up on the Fourth Turning site.