As a boomer, I have to agree..our generation is the most self-centered in history and will bankrupt this country when they start to hit 65. This is the generation personal websites were invented for because of the illusion that anyone really gives a flying crap about our "greatness" or "revolution". I hope the country survives us.
I suppose that you are just speaking for yourself. I am 58 years old and have been retired for almost 5 years (Not on social security) and I personally had nothing to do with starting and perpetuating the social security system that I assume you are referring to that's going bust when all us "boomers" hit social security retirement age.
Social security started before I was born. I have voted for conservative candidates since I have been old enough to vote.
I didn't do it Steve, if you want to accept responsibility for the mess, that's your call
I was born in '57. My mom was born in '23. This stuff all started to hit me around the time Clinton was elected, thanks in part to Rush. I remember telling her then, that "I fear for this country when your generation's gone (and mine's running the show completely)."
Our country and it's media was forced by it's pretense to temporarily suspend the collective Bush bashing to honor the WWII generation when the WWII Memorial was dedicated two weeks ago. THEN Ronald Reagan passed away.
I view tomorrow's funeral as a funeral for the WWII generation and it's era, as well as for Ronaldis Magnus himself. I still fear for this country.
Your generation may bankrupt this country but it was the "greatest generation" that gave us the New Deal and the Great Society and led country down the road to hell faster and farther than any generation before or since.
I might add that your generation also voted in President Reagan who did more to reverse that trend than any president before or since.
So it's not really a generational thing, each generation has those can be held up to be paragons of freedom or communism, it's just that some of every generation seems to want to suck off the gubbermint tit and there's never a lack of a commie pol that'll give it to 'em.