Some of them (like our current President) had their time of indulgence, but grew up once they saw the later boomers coming up behind them . . . offering them both competition and a helping hand. Others of the early boomers (like Bill and Hillary and most of Hollywood), had the world handed to them and repaid it by doing drugs, sex and retreating into the make-beleive world of radical politics.
Some of the later boomers tried to emulate them, many settling for lesser positions in academia and government. Most of us, however, said screw it and got introduced to the hard knocks of the real world, some by choice, some because there were simply not enough positions left in the make-believe world of academia, media, government and law. A lot of us have grown real tired of supporting the lifestyles of those who proceeded us into the world by 10 years or less and managed to worm their way into positions by default that we've had to earn through competition. We have to be careful not to paint all government workers with the broad brush of lazy entitlement junkies because some of them have worked just as hard to get where they are as those of us who work in the private sector and support worker bee and drone alike in the public sector with our taxes.
Actually - there's an important dynamic that made a big difference between the Clintons and the Bushes = decent parents on the one hand - trash on the other.
So when the Clinton's went off to college, they drank the koolaide - they had no foundation to fall back on.
Amen. I know a lot of them. I also know some that would get fired from a car wash.
RE: "some because there were simply not enough positions left in the make-believe world of academia, media, government and law. A lot of us have grown real tired of supporting the lifestyles of those who proceeded us into the world by 10 years or less and managed to worm their way into positions by default that we've had to earn through competition..."
Cha-ching! 100% correct ...