If boomers ‘actually have the money,’ why do millennials owe them Social Security?

Published November 12, 2019 6:45pm ET



The “OK, boomer” meme is unimaginative, milquetoast, and generally misdirected towards Gen Xers born long after 1964, the last year of official boomer births. But clearly, it’s driven boomers — the generation most responsible for sowing the disarray of anti-family social movements, endorsing endless wars, and blowing up the national debt — into a tizzy.

“OK, millennials,” Myrna Blyth, the senior vice president and editorial director of media for AARP, told Axios. “But we’re the people that actually have the money.”

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