Uh, stuff was better but nowhere near as nice as you imagine for a poor kid growing up like i was. but they were better. Work sucked, but yeah life was easier. You’re missing the point though, lemme rant some.
How many rich old boomers do you personally know vs how many do you hear on tv?
The point of the tv (or in this case the article) using this angle is to point blame away from the culprits who caused this bad situation, the ultra-rich.
My boomboom parents, myself (xennial), and my extended family members have all watched their money get squeezed right out of their pockets their whole lives.
Maybe you assume we got to keep the money we made from way back when times were better?
Nope! All those wealth transfer graphs you’ve seen where the line goes up had to come from somewhere. That line means i watched it happen is all, watched it get taken from us. I’m poor like you.
Gramp’s life savings got eaten up by gram’s medical care. Dad lost his house. I will never get to own one. You probably know a lot of people in all different age groups that have a story like mine.
Meanwhile,
Warren Buffet is a boomer
Jeff bezos and Elon musk are Gen X.
Zuckerbergs a millennial.
Though they are in different generations They all have something in common.
Their wealth, and their absolute love of lobbying the government to get even wealthier at the expense of your and me.
Like Carlin said, "they want all of what you got, and they’re gonna get it too."
They are the ones to focus on. Maybe the past was great but we live in the present, and there’s no reason left to be jealous of boomers/xers. Our ages don’t separate us, our (lack of) wealth unites us.