[FITZ]

Is it selfish of the Xers to want to save some cash by seeing the boomers check out early instead of collecting years of SS.

As long as they move out of their parents' house when they start thinking like this. It's funny sometimes to see people well into their 20's still living with their parents and criticizing that generation.

[estrogen]

I was born in 45 and consider myself a boomer. All of my friends made something of themselves and are the most conservative people I know. I don't think it's so much birthdate as it is values.

I was raised to honor my parents and elders, attend church and know right from wrong. I passed that on to my kids born in 66 and 67 and they are reverting back to the values I have.

All the freaks I knew back in the 60's are still freaks and never made anything of themselves. So again I think it is a matter of instilled values growing up.

[RockyMtnMan]

Everyone I knew, myself included, moved out at 18 (or right after high-school). Most boomers don't understand their childrens generation because they didn't spend any-time with them. They aren't referred to as the "me generation" for nothin'.

I'm quickly approaching the mark of being married longer than my parents and I'm a right wing extremist compared to their Dim-o-crap ideals. They haven't done anything for my generation and I don't expect they ever will.

Unfortunately most Xers feel the same way I do and are very bitter about it. If and when we get any representation in Congress, the proverbial shiite will hit the fan.