Boomers Define Greed

"Narcissistic and greedy" is an apt moniker for the generation of baby boomers that preceded de-generation X; or, as the boomers and the "Greatest Generation" call them, "Slackers."

Under the hypocritical auspices of the greatest and the boomer generations, we've seen education programs defunded and the youth ignored, criminalize, underemployed and exploited.

Not only have our elders shifted social services away from the youth to benefit their sorry old posteriors --such as was the case with Proposition 13, for instance -- they've sold us a plastic- wrapped microwavable pop culture filled with meaningless materialism; failed in their responsibilities as mentors; eliminated Pell grants; embraced corporate entities for their own profit; left struggling to make any ends whatsoever meet with the paltry paychecks from minimum wage and/or adjunct jobs; and suppressed artistic creativity. But also, to add insult to injury, they called them slackers and told them that they do not deserve the quality of education that they received because they demonstrated apathy.

Gee, I wonder why Gen X could possibly be so darned apathetic. Could it be that they've seen the gluttonous boomers as the unethical hogs that they always have been, now lining up to gorge themselves at the Social Security trough, while they solicit more meaningless pleas to "save the children" in an effort to try to save their generation's reputation?

Once again the boomers demonstrate what they're really all about: themselves. Apathy on, Garth.