I say that as a Gen X-er.
Did you enter the work force just to see your FICA go from "never more then 3%" to 12.4%
The Boomers did.
Nobody is saying every single thing was easy for the Boomers - just that economic conditions were better for them than they’ve been for Gen X and especially than for Millenials. Its true. The conditions were better then. That’s not their fault and its not a reason to blame them as the article did.