Over in the post about Presidential politics and boomer animosity, things began to focus more on the animosity and less on the politics. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I hadn’t ever put into words what I think as a borderline Gen X/Millennial.

I think I should first say that — at least for me — there isn’t an active animosity towards Boomers. That is to say, when I read news about Social Security or welfare programs, I don’t immediately think to myself, “Those [expletive] Boomers!” The greatest man I’ve known personally was a Boomer and — like others here of that generation — he hated the welfare state and everything that came with it. In defense of such folks, there really wasn’t much they personally could have done about it any more than there’s anything personally we can do about ObamaCare or Executive amnesty (the former of which our generation will likely be blamed for).

That being said, the deeper I get into a conversation about what’s going to happen, why it’s going to happen, and how it began to be, the more I begin to resent the Boomer generation in that moment. Not the individuals, but the generation as a group. It’s disheartening to look at my tax returns each year at how much we pay in that could be used for student loans, to invest in retirement, adopt kids, or whatever else, knowing full-well that both my taxes and the national debt are only going to continue to rise forever.