Unfair to paint us all with the same brush. I’m part of that generation, have always lived a Spartan existence, saved money, raised 3 conservative children, two of whom served in the military.
When I came of age in the 70’s, it was a done deal. The generation before mine, the so-called “Greatest Generation,” was in power when our country was destroyed from within.
That would be true to categorize the whole generation as a failure. As in my comments just after posting have, mixed feelings about the article. Our society is split between traditional values of liberty first and equality as the first focus. I am in the liberty first camp. But the other half are in the great socialist experiment camp and is forcing my generation to pick up the tab for decades of promises that at some point cannot be kept, as certainly I will feel less need to work 16 hours a day to pay for an entire segments fat benefits. Self-preservation is human nature. The Boomer group just happens to be dominantly in power and sucking the last of the wealth from the system as they go. From the financial system to health care, the tab to pay is enourmous. I have no qualms about putting up my older, less responsible relatives in old age, but to have the government begin forcing me to pay is an entirely different matter.