Boomsday
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Outraged over the mounting Social Security debt, Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, incites massive cultural warfare when she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. Her modest proposal catches fire with millions of citizens, chief among them "an ambitious senator seeking the presidency." With the help of Washington's greatest spin doctor, the blogger and the politician try to ride the issue of euthanasia for Boomers (called "transitioning") all the way to the White House, over the objections of the Religious Right, and of course, the Baby Boomers, who are deeply offended by demonstrations on the golf courses of their retirement resorts.
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Street Date:
04/02/2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780446194945, 9780446590822
ASIN:
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Christopher Buckley. (2007). Boomsday. Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Christopher Buckley. 2007. Boomsday. Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Christopher Buckley, Boomsday. Grand Central Publishing, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Christopher Buckley. Boomsday. Grand Central Publishing, 2007.
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