So was I and there was a long recession from 90 to 92. Unemployment hits 7.8% and I believe there were a record number of people on food stamps. It's what made George HW Bush a single term president.

Their economy boomed under Clinton and with the dawn of the internet, but even then middle-aged boomers Warren tech savvy enough to repo the full benefits.

None of that is to say they didn't have it far easier than millennials and zennials. They did. But disliking them doesn't mean we have to overlook the facts. They were challenges along the way.