Baby Boomers
Baby boomer is a generation of group that was born between 1945 and 1965 after the WWWII. It was a post war time and people were relief that the war was over. Therefore, many babies were coming into life to comfort families. This generation brought lot of changes like the way they carry or see themselves compared to other generations before them. They not only see themselves as smartest but they also adapt a life style that is kind of selfish. They only care about themselves, didn’t spare any saving for their children and enjoy themselves as want.
These changes of life style help grow the US economy as the fashion and cosmetic businesses were expending and many others industries were developing. As they willing to spending the largest part of their earning, the economy grew rapidly and the unemployment went down. Now that they are also aging, baby boobers’ retirement is becoming a problem since they are more older pople that younger to pay for their pensions and medicare.
The Baby Boomers were (and are) an important part of American society, and they represent not just a burden on the tax payers as many see them, but also a large group with great political power. Their efforts during their time and their efforts nowadays in expanding public services (not just medicare) has forced government to face the challenges of a an ever-expanding US population.
Well we all believe that parent should save for their children but that wasn’t the case for baby boomers. Like I said they wanted to enjoy their life and period. That is why the next generation after them had to work hard not only for themselves but also for their children.
I like the video that you post. Furthermore, better education was provided for the baby boomers, which changed their thinking. Other circumstances that changed their thinking were due to the living environment that they lived in. They lived in more compact areas, which caused them to have a higher tolerance and nonconformity to society’s acts of discrimination. For instance, they supported the civil rights movement and redefined the meaning of freedom.
I agree that social security and medicare spending will increase along with retirement of baby boomers, but I don’t get why you think they only care about themselves. It would be appreciated if you can give me some reason or example.
I relate the phrase “Baby boomers” with everything that is bad in our society: they were rebellious, they introduced all kind of drugs in the streets of America because they made people to believe that drugs usage would solve their problems,they symbolize the opposite of the family values such as:hippy, abortion,sexual freedom ,having kids out of the wedlock.Furthermore, a recent survey shows that over seventy percent of the ” Baby Boomers” would be retiring in the next three years would be another burden to our local,state and federal governments due to medicare and social securities allocation.
Mostly, we agree that he WORLD WAR II was contributed to the Baby Bommers. And I think that the economy and baby boomer affected mutually. The economy got better, so people have enough and extra money to raise their babies and supported their children’s education.