Government Meddling Leads to Skyrocketing Tuition
Generation Opportunity’s President Evan Feinberg was on PBS NewsHour where he pointed out that young people can’t afford college in today’s economy. Both sides are pandering, trying to offer young...
View ArticleInternet Tax Is Dead
WE DID IT! This morning, Rep. Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced that his committee will not pass the Internet sales tax. This announcement comes on the heels of a...
View ArticleYour Internet Freedom for $ale
GenOpp launched an offensive to stop the internet tax which would disproportionately hurt young people. Over 3000 of you Facebook bombed the man who could stop it. He said he would, but now is walking...
View ArticleAnother Bad Month For Millennials: We Now Face 16.1% Unemployment
Here we are again. Another “Numbers Day” has come. These days, the new job numbers only serve as a reminder to how lousy it is for young people looking for work. And I can’t help but feel repetitive...
View ArticleJeremy Epstein: 8 months later
Remember Jeremy Epstein? He was the then-20-year-old college student at the Presidential debate last year who asked the question on the minds of millions of young people, “What about jobs after I...
View ArticleGovernment is the problem
On the 118th anniversary of the arrival of Lady Liberty to the shores of America, a new CNN/ORC poll reveals that six out of every 10 young people believe that the government now “poses an immediate...
View ArticleGen Opp’s Evan Feinberg Talks to WSJ on Student Loans
Senate Deal on Student-Loan Rates Collapses
View ArticleStudent Loan Interest Rates: A Bandaid on a Broken Leg
So … yesterday marked yet another example of politicians ignoring the interests of America’s young people. College students across the country have voiced their concern over the possibility that...
View ArticleGeneration Opportunity President Evan Feinberg on NBC10 @ Issue
NBC10′s Steve Highsmith joins Dr. Paul Harrington, Director of the Center of Labor Markets and Policy at Drexel University, and Evan Feinburg, president of a pro-growth millennial oriented organization...
View ArticleGoogle+ Hangout discussing student loans
Google+ Hangout with Evan Feinberg, President of Generation Opportunity, talking about how the student loan crisis affects you!
View ArticleCronyism Rampant in ObamaCare Mandate Delays
When the not-so-aptly-named “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (commonly known as ObamaCare) was signed into law in March of 2010, the backbone of the legislation rested on both the...
View ArticleFree Our Future, Mr. President!
Well, the government is at it again – making college more expensive. Not only is the government making college more expensive by subsidizing billions of dollars in loans, but it is also forcing...
View ArticleLosing Faith in Hope and Change
Last November, President Obama won 60 percent of the youth vote as my generation flocked to the candidate of “hope and change.” However, according to a new Zogby Analytics poll, only 46 percent of...
View ArticleHow Millennials Are Rewriting the Rules of Adulthood
Millennials are redefining what it means to be an independent adult because of the bleak economy. When did you consider yourself to be fully an adult? What action or activity made you think you had...
View ArticleIs Health Care Reform a Good Bargain or Burden for Young Americans?
Under the Affordable Care Act, getting young people into the health insurance market will be critical to offsetting the cost of caring for older, sicker Americans. Ray Suarez gets two views on how...
View ArticleForward? … Hardly!
In November, millions of young people voted to move America “Forward!” Forward to what exactly? Well, a new Gallup poll revealed that America is moving forward – to less employment for young people. In...
View ArticleThe Greatest of Milton Friedman
On what would have been the 101st birthday of Milton Friedman, enjoy some of our favorite videos of Milton Friedman. Why soaking the rich won’t work The Free Lunch Myth On Greed On Healthcare Don’t...
View ArticleThe Government’s War on Millennials
Originally published on PolicyMic. If you listen to certain pundits and politicians, you’ll hear there’s an economic recovery afoot. You can look at the stock market, analyze Federal Reserve policies,...
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