This is because the 1% and/or republicans have been:

• chipping away at the middle class and below through wage stagnation
• taking away healthcare
• making universities extremely expensive while also raking in the bucks through their sports contracts. If they're separated, then they're even more of a piece of shit. They did that on purpose.
• price fixed rentals which makes it very hard for younger people to get homes as investments for themselves. It also keeps them enslaved to the corporate landlords
• corporations bought up all of the housing and either rent it out as airbnbs/homes or tore them down to make "luxury" apartments that they price fix.

Gen A is fucked.

Xennials and Gen-X either lost a little or made a little (-4 to +6). So, no even inflation.

I'm tired boss.

this is what the greatest generation fought for, right?

so the boomers could suck the grandkids dry?

The 1 percent also is mostly boomers. Of course, these headlines would rather you blame boomers than billionaires. It's also the same billionaires buying the big news media sites that push this narrative to deflect from themselves.

As usual, Gen X is completely forgotten.

and yet

Don’t pity Millennials. It is their economy now

https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/don-t-pity-millennials-it-is-their-economy-now-20261020-p616sn

https://archive.li/5fat4