Philip Lam, Editor-in-Chief
To the 2024 Cohort: Lessons I Learned From Boys and Girls State
Sponsored by the veterans' organization the American Legion, the highly selective summer leadership and civics program touts itself as “a week that shapes a lifetime.”
![Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle give a standing ovation in apparent consensus at the 2023 State of the Union after President Biden’s rally to “ stand up for seniors [to] show them we will not cut Social Security; We will not cut Medicare.” This move came after a tense exchange between President Biden and Republicans concerning the fate of these two entitlements. One Republican proposal stipulated that Social Security should expire every 5 years, requiring Congressional renewal each time. Such a move would be steeply unpopular among older Americans who constitute a sizable cohort of Social Security and Medicare recipients. Photo courtesy of MSNBC.](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-07-at-2.22.27-PM-900x525.png)
