"Boomers seem very resistant to understanding that the living standards"....

[smirkymonkey]

203. I think I am technically at the very tail end of the Boomer generation, but have heard it

referred to as "Generation Jones", which is those of us who make up the social cohort of the latter half of the Baby Boomer Generation to the first years of Generation X. The term Generation Jones was first coined by the cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who identified the cohort as those born from 1954 to 1965 in the U.S. I would imagine that you are a member of that cohort as well, just going by your previous posts.

I think we had it a bit easier than older boomers, but along with the first few years of Gen X, were able to take advantage of favorable economic conditions before things all started to go to hell for the younger generations.

My siblings are all Gen X as well and the younger ones are more conservative whereas I and my brother who was born a few years after me are the liberals in the family.

We were born late enough to have it pretty easy growing up, but not so late to find that housing and economic opportunities were in the sorry state they are these days. I noticed the decline decades ago. Particularly with housing and job security.

I feel sorry for younger people these days. Not only are things harder for them, but they don't have a lot to look forward to either.