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I find myself wondering if my generation (the 1950s) was the last generation of the American dream. My children are not better off. My grandchildren will certainly not be better off. Sometimes I could, and do, cry.

I find myself wondering if my generation (the 1950s) was the last generation of the American dream. My children are not better off. My grandchildren will certainly not be better off. Sometimes I could, and do, cry.

I do share your fear and BTW, I am a member of "Generation Jones," sort of a niche that spans the late Baby Boomers and early Gen X'ers. Basically w were born in the mid 1950's to mid 1960's although your mileage may vary. We are called Generation Jones because we are "jonesin'" for the life the previous generations had plus we are the first to experience a decline in living standards. We saw the loss of our industry in the late 1970's as well as grew up and/or were young adults in the Carter years. We remember the oil shock of the 1970's. A lot of us were "latchkey kids" too when the divorce rate went up and single parents raised us, including me. We Jones'ers are also cynical and distrust government, hence we voted for Reagan and Thatcher. I do fear that the younger kids we are talking about,, their lives will suck so bad that it will look like even us in Generation Jones will look good in comparison. We did recover in the 1980's but as we've seen, it was only a respite on our slide downward.

what do you mean by the 50's generation?.. is that the boomer generation?.....because I blame MY boomer generation on a lot of the problems...

not the younger boomers...but the ones a little older....now in their mid 60's....

they felt no shame in protesting against my country then went immediately into govt jobs or private jobs and are now nicely retired with those fabled defined pensions that most of the rest of us will never ever see....

they came into power and that is why we have a gay leftist prez with many of same ilk riding shotgun....