Well, not my generation per se. It was a hippie/yippie fellow named Jerry Rubin who came up with that phrase and the media was so enamored of that kind of nonsense it got a lot of play. I think these inter-generational discussion would make more sense if we didn't generalize, because those generalizations wrongly insult a lot of good people.
I think boomers who weren't military or boomer women who didn't have kids, should have the benefits drastically cut.
US Navy, '66 to '70. Viet Nam '68 -'69.
There were a lot of us who weren't left-wingers, but you never heard much about that, because the MSM got so wrapped up in that "youth revolution" crap it tarred us all with the same brush.
Thank you for your service to the USA.
There were a lot of us who weren't left-wingers, but you never heard much about that, because the MSM got so wrapped up in that "youth revolution" crap it tarred us all with the same brush.
Yes I know that many boomers get angry at that 'other half' of their generation (as do the rest of us)
My buddies and I have been covering Attila's right flank since high school. The only part of the 'flower power' portion of that era I took complete and lusty part of was in the free love area ;^) .
Out of 4 best friends, 3 of us spent our full tours in country. (The 4th was 4-F from football injuries). My 4 kids range from 34 to 16 years old and we all want a phase out of SS. My kids are getting totally screwed and I don't like it.
Get this also. All the proposals I've seen pay me (born 1946) but trim my little bro (born 1950).
Nam Vet .... Oct '67 - Oct '68