Really true, I only had to pay off my small student debt, endure a working-poor childhood, and right before my dad had to change jobs the Arab oil embargo hit and gasoline rose fivefold in price practically overnight, while the Demagogic Party demagogues in Congress were threatening "big oil" with nationalization, and threatening the rest of us with both tax hikes and larger deficits even as Vietnam was being wound down.
GMAFB. Korea, Vietnam, stagflation, etc. We boomers had it so easy./s