In his latest op-ed, Washington Post columnist George Will deplores the culture of today's young people, blaming their disproportionate poverty on the fact that too many don't get a high school diploma, a good job, and a spouse before they have kids.
Just a minor problem: Literally every aspect of the argument is dead wrong. Today's young people are more educated than any previous generation, and the share of people living in poverty who have some college education has grown dramatically. Seventy-seven percent of people in poverty have the high school degree that Will claims is part of the golden ticket out of poverty.
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