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

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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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