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How can we smarten up young people who voted for Obama?

I was browsing on Captain Capitalism’s web site and I found this article where he denounces the idiocy of today’s youth, who have destroyed their own future by voting in droves for Barack Obama.

Here’s an excerpt from the article: (H/T Small Dead Animals)

Young (latin for – idiots who are too young to know what they’re talking about and should not be able to vote until they’re 35) Americans voted in droves for Barack Obama. Why they did this can be summarized why they voted for Stevie or whoever it was that won the latest round of American Idol. It was a popularity contest. Nobody bothered to look at his projected spending. Nobody bothered to see whether there was enough money to pay for his promises. Nobody held him up to any kind of standard or rigor that should have been applied to the president of the United States. And the reason why is that’s “lame man. Why do you have to kill our good time? Why do you have to be such a downer, man? Who cares about economics and finance and the budget. Can’t you just be for hope and change? Besides he’s cool. Did you see his pecks? Geez, you’re such a nerd!”

How are we going to fix these pampered ignoramuses?

Well, for one thing, we can start by pulling them out of public schools run by the secular-left teacher’s unions, and shove them into homeschooling or private schools. But failing that, you can show them an article like this one, from the New York Post, which talks about what “greedy corporations” and “the rich” do when you start to confiscate their profits more and more. They stop producing and/or leave.

Excerpt: (H/T The Cato Institute)

Politicians like to talk about incentives — for businesses to relocate, for example, or to get folks to buy local. After reviewing the new budget, I have identified the most compelling incentive of all: a major tax break immediately available to all New Yorkers. To be eligible, you need do only one thing: move out of New York state. Last week I spent 90 minutes doing a couple of simple things — registering to vote, changing my driver’s license, filling out a domicile certificate and signing a homestead certificate — in Florida. Combined with spending 184 days a year outside New York, these simple procedures will save me over $5 million in New York taxes annually.

…This problem didn’t begin with the current recession. New York faced a $6 billion shortfall before the economic downturn. However, in the face of economic turmoil, Gov. Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith looked to the unions and special interests, who answered with one voice: raise taxes. That was irresponsible — and may just prove to be counterproductive, since the top 1 percent of earners account for about 50 percent of state revenue and are the ones who can and will leave.

It’s called Going Galt.