discussion? i believe that france and this is fact, they are trapped by a welfare state that is killing jobs and economic opportunity. there was a video put out in paris where they had a poll conducted that half of the young people in france would leave because there is zero economic opportunity with the 23% unemployment rate. here in the united states for 18 to 34 year olds that is 18.1%. we are getting to the point where we are becoming france. you say we are half way there. we are close. tax rates are exploding under president obama. we are making less. costs are going up. it is starting to feel like a french economy here. and with obamacare and expanding welfare state that is happening. what has always made us successful want to talk about how strong the economy is, what made us a strong economy is the fact that we are not like
target for this administration because of fact policies coming out of washington for some time now really affecting young people. when you see youth unemployment where it is, 10.6% of those between ages of 20 and 24. it is 18.1% for those between the ages of 18 and 26, the policies coming out of this administration and this liberal white house are adversely affecting young people than any other demographic at this point right now. heather: that s funny. you would think that would make them want to turn out in the midterm elections but there is a new harvard poll, 30, 23% said they will vote in the midterm elections. 31% voted in the 2010 elections. wondering why they are not more engaged. we ll continue discussion. get out there to vote and make their voices heard and hope they get some jobs. ashley, thanks. as we get older we need the kids to support us, pay social security. jon: i have two kids out of college, i m so thankful right now both of them have jobs so.
dropped from 22% in 1979 to 18.1% in 2010. the bottom 20% pay 1.5% in 2010 down from 7.5% three decades before. the top 20% play 27.1%. tax levels dropped to their lowest levels after tax provisions in the economic stimulus came into effect and are expected to rise in the years ahead as those tax cuts expire. one more thing, americans pay far less in taxes than any other industrialized democracies. even after the highest marginal tax rate in the u.s. rose to 39.6% in 2013, the u.s. tax rate still ranks just 34th in the world for lower tax brackets. that number is even lower. joining me americans for tax reforms maddie duckler and harry stein to have a little tax day friendly debate. thank you for being on the show. maddie, i want to go to you. all right. what is the most important change that can be made to the
certainly. so the youth misery index is something that the young americans foundation puts out annually. we come up with this number, which this year is 98.6, by adding up youth unemployment, student loan debt numbers and then we take the national debt per capita. so youth unemployment in august was 16.3. and then the student loan get average was 29,400. so that s 29.4 on our scale, which is the highest it s ever been. and then you take the national debt, everybody sharing that $17 trillion debt that obama has racked up during his presidency. and that number is 52,948. so 52.9 on the scale. so it all comes out to 98.6, which is the highest it s ever been. and under obama, since 2009 until now, what we have seen is an 18.1% increase under his administration for his presidency. therefore, we believe that makes him the worst president for youth economic opportunity.
$52,900. so you add all of those up and you get a total of 98.6, which is the youth misery index. that is the highest it has ever been. so it s a record high. under president obama, since 2009 when he took office, the ymi has gone up 18.1%, making that the highest increase under any president. therefore, making obama the worst president for youth economic opportunity, not quite the hope and change that i think young people were wishing for. no, but they are paying attention for sure. those are scorching numbers. let me ask you about the rolling stone issue here. they said the set the bar high when they gave the boston bomber the centerfold status. they re urging millenials to fight for communism. what s your thoughts? it s absolutely ridiculous. youth, we re all told we re living in this entitlement society and that s what it s become. youth are not willing or wanting to take responsibility for their actions and for some young