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I got a note in my inbox yesterday about an interesting new report – “Young People: Living on the Financial Edge,” from Qvisory and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research.

We all know the economy’s in the tank right now, but hardly anyone ever talks about how this has an impact on young adults.

It makes sense, though, that a bad economy is especially rough on 18 to 35 year olds. We’re on our own, not making much money, probably (definitely) in debt, and going through all those milestones in life – kids, car, moving, marriage, house, etc. – that take a toll.

I think most pundits and politicos think of the “youth vote” as a bunch of freewheeling college kids living off their parents’ largess and bothered by problems no bigger than their next exam (or beer).

This report is a good reminder that the youth vote is so much more than that – we’re college students, yes (many of whom are working their butts off, by the way), but we’re also young moms and dads, blue-collar workers, recent graduates, recent immigrants, and multi-job workers. We’re rural, urban, and suburban. We’re single, married, and divorced. We’ve got kids, we’ve got mortages, we’ve got debt, and we’ve got responsibilities.

What are ’08 candidates going to do about our economic troubles if they’re elected? To make sure that today’s young adults have the same – or better – opportunities that our parents and grandparents had?

I’d like to know what you want them to do. On the presidential level, both campaigns (McCain here, Obama here) have a set of priority issues laid on out their websites – what do you think? Do agree with these ideas? What would you like to see the candidates talking about?

Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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