Ed Ganza

Not my usual post topic........ But I’m sick of the Boomer hate. Everywhere I look, it’s the same thing. Boomers ruined the economy. Boomers hoarded all the houses. Boomers wrecked the planet. Boomers made it impossible for anyone younger to get ahead. Like my entire generation sat down one day and decided to screw everyone who came after us. I worked. I saved. I paid into the system for decades. Now I want to spend some of what I earned, and suddenly that’s a moral failing. Wanting to live in the house I paid for is “hoarding.” Taking a vacation is “stealing the future.” Existing past 65 is apparently an offense. Housing is expensive. Wages stalled. Costs went up. Fine. That’s real. But acting like every Boomer personally priced you out of a starter home is lazy. Governments printed money. Corporations consolidated. Zoning locked cities down. Colleges sold a $200k degree for a $50k job. Interest rates, regulation, immigration, supply, demand — pick a cause. “Old people exist” is not an analysis. And the entitlement in it is wild. Nobody owes you the same deal your parents or grandparents had. Life doesn’t come with a guaranteed starter home, cheap college, and a pension. Plenty of people in my generation got crushed, too. Plenty of younger people are doing fine. Outcomes aren’t a morality play by birth year. I’m not apologizing for working, saving, and wanting to enjoy the result. If that’s “Boomer hate” fuel, so be it. I’m done pretending I should feel guilty for not being broke. Rant over. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.