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I completely agree, the biggest whining comes from the boomers about how horrible the future generations are. You might not be one of the ones whining, but it is prevalent from your generation. I don't whine about how much better other had it before me, not my style. I made do with what I was given which was life. yes there are new opportunities the same as any generation, but I would wager at some point in your life someone recognized what you were capable of and gave you an opportunity. am I wrong? when I look at what I paid for college vs in the 60's or 70's, plus house costs, and vehicles etc. yeah there's a lot that isn't the same, not your fault. I think I made it clear that I wasn't blaming you or your generation from the beginning. I don't fault you for being prosperous, I just think it's pompous for those who had it better to belittle others who have actually done more with less and then calling them worthless. I mean, snowflakes aside, because they are all worthless..... regardless of generation, I think you called yours hippies.

I was born late 1961. Am I a "boomer"?

Sho' 'nuff

My dad was born in 45.

He's a boomer and you're an Xer (I think)

Weren’t the boomers also known as yuppies back in the ‘80’s?

I don’t dislike anyone just because of the time period in history that they were born into. I think when we juxtapose the boomers with the greatest generation we do everyone a disservice and we create unnecessary animosity amongst ourselves.

I don’t care if you’re a teenager or 90 years old.....if you love God, Country and family and have conservative principles we’re in the same tribe.

Your profile pic make total sense. I agree

I don't like them fat Boomers that are bald with a pony tail and wear Crocs.

Unfortunately,...that's the image that male Boomers have these days.

Ain't nobody seem to know about alla them Boomers that are driving Papaw's old tractor around with a .22 revolver in their hip pocket.

That's the Boomers I grew up with.

Them aint so vocal, and those are the boomers I grew up around

These are the good ol’ days!

Somethings ain’t what they used to be, many others are far better. Opportunity abounds for folk willing to make some sacrifices and work at it.

‘44 - ‘64 is what Google says.

In 1969, Governor Ronald Reagan of California made what he later admitted was one of the biggest mistakes of his political life. Seeking to eliminate the strife and deception often associated with the legal regime of fault-based divorce, Reagan signed the nation's first no-fault divorce bill. The new law eliminated the need for couples to fabricate spousal wrongdoing in pursuit of a divorce; indeed, one likely reason for Reagan's decision to sign the bill was that his first wife, Jane Wyman, had unfairly accused him of "mental cruelty" to obtain a divorce in 1948. But no-fault divorce also gutted marriage of its legal power to bind husband and wife, allowing one spouse to dissolve a marriage for any reason — or for no reason at all.

In the decade and a half that followed, virtually every state in the Union followed California's lead and enacted a no-fault divorce law of its own. This legal transformation was only one of the more visible signs of the divorce revolution then sweeping the United States: From 1960 to 1980, the divorce rate more than doubled — from 9.2 divorces per 1,000 married women to 22.6 divorces per 1,000 married women. This meant that while less than 20% of couples who married in 1950 ended up divorced, about 50% of couples who married in 1970 did. And approximately half of the children born to married parents in the 1970s saw their parents part, compared to only about 11% of those born in the 1950s.

Apology accepted. And yeah, I remember the old guys all looking the same.

Every generation looks down on the next. It ain't right to lump them all together with the soackers. I've said it before here - there are lots of gen x ers and millennials who are on the right path. I only wish the ones who aren't were not the noisy ones.

Amen Brother. I worry about the path, not the participants.

Slackers. I meant slackers. I don't know what soackers are, but spell check apparently does.

Someone above made an interesting point. At least in some industries now, all one has to do to go far is to show up, be drug free, and be literate. That is lost on many a slacker, young and old, and it's been that way now for a couple decades or more. When I hear somone complaining about how hard it is to find a good paying job, the first question I have is......can they pass a random breath & wiz quiz. The answer too often is "no".

In the industry I recently retired from, the last decade or so has proven difficult to find enough qualified participants willing to give up the party culture to keep jobs filled.

Damn...... Its downright scary when you and I agree on something. Very well stated.

I was the only white kid on the school bus in Savannah, Ga

Hawaiian punch came in a metal can and if your old man took the can opener fishin, you were screwed.

Lotta white boys carried a "church key" around their neck back then.

I think it all boils down to fly over country people versus city folks. Lots of good young conservative folks in rural country. Don’t lump all those antifa types with with the rest of the kids. If you never had to work to prosper you are probably not worth a crap. Ed k

You lot do know that those born in 1964 are boomers...right?