1. Wasteful Government Spending
This "pork-barrel" spending has been so highly publicized by the mass media in recent years, that it has now become a major party platform issue (Anderson 33). ... Sandra Barros, member of the Student Libertarian Action Movement, asserts "They {younger voters} just don't trust what they are being told by a corporate sponsored media and politicians" (Lee 25). Julia Cohen, executive director of Youth Vote 2000, adds, "This is the most media-targeted generation in humankind. ... The media plays a huge role in this problem. ... Amazingly, these numbers could be worse; the same study claimed...
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- Grade Level: High School