"I did not come here to pass on our problems to the next president or the next generation.

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Mr Clark argued that the government had to enable more homes to be built and that failure to act would tell young families that "the property-owning democracy was for our generation, not for theirs".

BBC: Minister: Planning changes 'sorely needed'

Our generation does not know this.

FORBES: Our fragile golden age

Our entitlement programs will bankrupt the next generation if this generation chooses not to act, and our tax system limits our economic growth and our global competitiveness.

CNN: Thompson's November 13, 2007, speech to The Citadel