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We all have to agree that the boomer generation has not lived up to its responsibilities so far. The boomer generation has been the most aided generation in history, especially when it came to schooling. I am in my late twenties, the son of two college graduates, who had to join the army to pay for school. Neither of my parents had to pay much of anything for tuition at the state schools that they went to when they were young. On the other hand, my generation has had to acquire huge student loans in order to pay balooning tuition and fees because my parents generation was not willing to pay for education through taxes the way their parents were.

Now we are talking about how we kind mae sure they find new and interesting jobs so they have wonderfully productive golden years? Who is trying to get me into those jobs? I would like to reinvent society. But my chosen profession, as a history teacher, is packed full of boomers who are not looking to retire anytime soon. So I am likely to continue bar tending until I finish my Phd, because I can't afford to do otherwise. I love my parents, but haven't they had enough opportunities already?

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