Time: 6:30 PM
Date: October 1, 2009
Location: Hotel Allegro
Address: 171 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601, USA (Map)
Will Opportunity Keep Knocking?
How Government Policies are Making it Harder for You to Become Successful
Most people in their 20s and 30s have grown up in a time of unparalleled prosperity in America. Their parents’ generation has become wealthier than any other generation in America’s history. These boom years have led to exceptional growth and wealth creation. Many young professionals have always assumed that these opportunities will exist for them as well. But is this really the case? Government policies being proposed today make the opportunities less likely.
Bill Beach, Director of the Center for Data Analysis and Senior Fellow in Economics at The Heritage Foundation, explained how the new Administration’s policies will affect America’s young professionals. Beach shared real solutions to the economic problems facing the country and particularly the younger generation, from Obama's proposed tax increases to the economic impact of historically high debt burdens, including inflation.
