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December 20, 2003

I am a failed Baby Boomer

I was born in '53 - yeah, I'm supposed to be one of those baby boomers. People love to complain about my generation, like this blog,
Buscaraons:

Yet what's so striking about the boomers on both sides of the Atlantic is how they fleeced everybody. In North America there were the junk bonds, leveraged buyouts, the payment of exorbitant salaries to the CEOs, huge layoffs; in Europe, the fleecing came through the illegal financing of the political parties, ripping off the state agencies, dubuious commissions, etc etc. The result was a meltdown in the stockmarket in the U.S. followed by the saving and loan financial instutitions' bankruptcy. In Europe, it's the ongoing anti-corruption trials.

Damn, I missed every single one of these chances of becoming rich. Every damn one! I never made a ton of money in the market, I never got any ceo exorbitant salaries. But it seems that those a generation or so behind me believe that it is all. . . my . . . fault.

Like I got to pick out which damn year I was born in? Everyone, face it, we so-called boomers who were born after 1951 or so were the younger sister and brother baby boomers to the older baby boomers. By the time we graduated from college, all the older boomers had taken the good jobs, bought their first homes, and entered into politics.

Generations X, Y, and Z, and 1, 2, 3 or whatever really think it is all my fault. Dammit. I'd take responsibility for all kinds of stuff if I had one of those 1/2 million dollar homes that so many of the slightly older boomers managed to get. But I didn't get that stuff, never will.

I am a failed boomer.

Posted by Beth at December 20, 2003 6:10 PM

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Posted by: triticale at December 21, 2003 8:05 PM