Nice try, mate, but I did not contribute to this. I did not support the wreckless policies that created this. As for the youth in this demographic, those who were not old enough to vote in the 2008 presidential election still expressed support for either Obama or his policies. There was considerable youth culture support for this wanker. Moreover, those who were of voting age in 2008 are not greatly removed from the age group cited in this article. That places many of the young and first-time voters in your generation. I can forgive the intemperance of youth because we all make mistakes when we are young, but I am far less tolerant of those who would choose to support these policies in another go around.
Also, do you somehow think that yours is the first generation to face great challenges? If so, you should have paid greater attention in your history classes.
This is the first generation that will have to pay for the debt that every other generation in our nations history accumulated. We are screwed, and it is not our fault. Our entire lives we are going to be slaves to our parents and grandparents greed. They took and took and took now getting government benefits that we pay for but will never see. The past few generations managed to take the greatest country in the world and reduce it to this, but there is no apologizing from them. Some how it is our fault.
If you did not contribute to this, surely if you find it easy to blame an entire generation that is innocent than you can apologize on behalf of one that is guilty.