Boomer Woes, June 10th, 2026. Full disclosure.

I was born in 1953, and therefore have to confess that I am a boomer, right there in the middle of the pack.

There were boomers ahead of me and boomers behind me and absolutely everybody in my third grade class was

also a boomer, although we didn't call ourselves that at the time.

Sad to say, we were largely unaware at the time.

Nevertheless, despite this glaring fact, the following observation should be treated as being

entirely free of bias, favoritism, preconceived notions, prejudices, or any inclination

whatever to unfairness.

But be forewarned, it won't seem all that even-handed unless you read all the way through to the end.

Introduction.

So Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank recently made a splash with some disparaging comments about the spending habits of some from the downstream from boomers' generations.

Quote, I can't stand it when I see kids that are

making $70,000 a year, spending $28 for lunch. I mean, that's just stupid. Kevin O'Leary, making the

aforementioned splash. The backlash to this statement represented it as just more out-of-touch

Boomer lecturing, and critics naturally pointed to all kinds of other factors that tend to feed the

complaints of the younger generation, inflation, housing prices, student debt, stagnant wages, and so on.

And yes, all of that is part of the mix. And so what is the situation? Is it really a matter of the

kids thinking they need their avocado toast instead of being content with PB&Js on Wonderbread?

And then there was this salvo. But the eruption

of anger following O'Leary's remarks was not an oddity. Over the last few years, I've seen a steady

build-up of bitterness and acrimony aimed directly at the boomers, and it has been the kind of

hostility that does not want to make any distinctions at all. Sometimes the negative assessment

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