Walter E. Williams: The true ?greatest generation?

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The “greatest generation” is a term sometimes used in reference to those Americans who were raised during the Great Depression, fought in World War II, worked in farms and factories and sacrificed for the war effort while maintaining the home front. Following the war, these Americans, many of whom were born between the turn of the century and 1930, went on to produce a level of wealth and prosperity heretofore unknown to mankind.

There?s no question that this generation made an important contribution. Let?s look at what else that generation contributed that might qualify it for the generation that laid the foundation for the greatest betrayal of our nation?s core founding principle: Limited federal government exercising only constitutionally enumerated powers.

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