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Huffington Post: We Need Young People Working: Here’s What This Congress Can Do

By Paul Kendrick

“The 114th Congress has an opportunity to fundamentally shift American life. To do so, though, they must overcome cynical calculations that have become too common when it comes to young people and politics. First-time congressional candidate Matt Miller, a California Democrat, wrote a candid piece for Politico about his experience. He lost his campaign, but learned some disheartening lessons along the way, including not addressing youth issues because seniors were ‘pretty much all that mattered.’ An elderly citizen told him, ‘You’d better listen to me, young man,’ she said. ‘We’re the ones who vote!'” Read more here.