Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Baby boomers

You hear a lot about generations these days. I think the media likes it as a PC way of categorizing people. Baby boomers, gen X, Y, next, blah blah. Generally it sounds like "kids these days".

Generally I don't like such labels, but I have a bone to pick with one of these groups. Yes I'm talking to you baby boomers. Okay I doubt anyone but my friends and sisters will read this.

As a whole the Baby boomer generation really chaps my hide. This was the group that decided to toss the values of the previous generations. So I get handed a world of drugs, sleaze and collapsed families. Sure some good music came out of it, but that's hardly justification. Let's jump back to when my grandparent grew up. Lower crime, little or no drug use, and lower divorce rate. With the exception of the civil rights movement and technological advances, did the world really move as far forward as they like to boast?

Maybe I'm just bitter? Since, after all these years the baby boomers couldn't even save their own retirement and Social security. And handing my generation their 12 trillion + and growing credit card bill. While creating a college system that puts us 20-30,000$ in debt before we can try to make a living.

Am I being unreasonable?

1 comment:

LizMcG said...

what a cry baby. Now shut up and eat your vegetables. Sheesh. Kids these days.

But seriously, could I return the Apollo missions and exchange them for not having to pay half my salary back to my parents? What if I kept the receipt?