Blame Baby Boomers For the Economy

Everyone seems to agree that the economy is in trouble. Except for me, of course. If unemployment is 10%, that’s fine. I’m in the top 10% of employees, so unless unemployment gets to 90% I don’t have to worry. Of course, other people who aren’t as good at math believe that we’re in the midst of trying economic times. And now they’re asking the important question: What can we do to revive American manufacturing and ensure a sustainable future for our children? I’m just kidding. They’re asking who we should blame. Consensus seems to be that the baby boomers, by reproducing at an extraordinary rate, have thinned out our natural resources and sucked our social security and medicare dry. (Baby boomers obviously don’t believe this; they blame Millenials and their skateboarding video game playing snap bracelet wearing disco fever.) In a new piece in The Atlantic, young professional Jim Tankersley has a conversation with his baby boomer dad and realizes the truth: that every generation sucks! Here's an excerpt:

By Tom Z

October 10, 2012