or inheritance, and no, maybe they do not deserve one...but, the baby boomers sure as hell were happy to profit from the "greatest generation" the depression era kids who survived Hoovervilles, World War II and part of the "Cold War" to give their kids a standard of living that was unforeseen. Part of the "American dream" was to have it so that your kids would start off better than you did, not go psycho on Coke and Junk Bond binges like many former "Flower Children" did in the 80's. The fact the Boomers could not have left a better world, whereas their parents, for all of their flaws did, shows that the Boomers are not made of the same stuff as their parents. Oh yes, the "Greatest Generation" had flaws, especially the Bigotry that gets whitewashed when some here talk about the 50's and 60's, but frankly, they did better with what they had, as opposed to the Boomers who were given a chance to truly advance the world, but instead, retreated back into self indulgence.
All I am saying is this, when Gloria Steinem attacked Millennial women because they did not snap into line, when Gene Simmons attacks Millennials because they no longer know how to rock and roll, and when even a place like DU is riddled with "Millennials are dumb" posts, do not be surprised when Millennials do not defer to you, or make the extra effort to support you. Not that they will not do their part to improve the world, after all, they remember how many boomers joined with the media to downplay the Occupy movements, and how they dissed Black Lives Matter until they saw a tool to beat Bernie Sanders with. Just as Gen X mobilized to put Bill in, Millennials will put Hill in, and as usual, we know who will come along taking the credit and demanding the head table at the victory feast.
Oh, as far as sacrifice, whatever portion of both the national debt, student loan debt the Boomers pay pales next to the young, many of whom have not know peacetime since they were in diapers, but yes, they know war debt will be theirs to pay too.
and lastly:
"Few baby boomers believed that they were screwing over their kids, so the purpose clause as intent is inappropriate. "
If this were to be true, we would have to believe that the Boomers could have have reasonably figured out their course of action would lead to the consequence. They lived through Vietnam where LBJ tried to wage five years of war and spend. To be fair to LBJ, HE was working on the "Great Society" and the Apollo program. Still the writing was on the wall for Ten Years of Mid east warfare, and we did not even get a Moon Shot out of the deal.
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