Ethics Hearings and Cranston
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During the 1980s I can remember reading about the idolization of Donald Trump, Michael Milken, Charles Keating, Ronald Reagan, Neil Bush and countless other individuals who robbed and spent our country into a trillion-dollar debt.
Now that we must pay back this huge debt, all of them are pulling out empty pockets and pointing their finger at someone else.
I assert that the 1980s can be characterized as the “me” generation and the 1990s can be characterized as the “not me” generation.
JOHN PECORA, Lake Elsinore
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