Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social aspects that directly effects Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1982) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.
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"The thoughtful, disturbed adult may say, 'But why now? It wasn't this way when I was young.'"
"And I must agree that it was not this way at Chicago in the Class of 1930"
Robert Ardrey 1970
Just a small history lesson. :)
OK, I'm filing a demographic complaint.
Whenever I see the '65-'82 Gen-X category, I get grumpy, because it throws me into the tail end of the Baby Boomer category. My parents are certified Baby Boomers, both born in '47. But then somehow I'm a Baby boomer, too?? How did that happen? Is it possible to be the same generation as one's own parents?
I remember a time when my generation was called the Baby Busters. There were Baby Boomers, then Baby Busters, followed by Generation Xers, but somewhere along the line the Baby Busters got divided in "half" with almost 65% of us being lumped in with the Baby Boomers and the rest thrown in with Generation X. Then, the Baby Buster label was transfered to also mean Gen-Xers.
Sorry, about ranting over something so seemingly nit-picky, but I really, really, hate being called a Baby Boomer. I had Farrah Fawcett hair in high school for Pete's sake! How could I possibly be a Baby Boomer?