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Tell the voters that

I couldn’t agree more! Technically, I’m a Boomer (late 1964 bday), but I identify as GenX 😎👍 Latchkey kid, all that jazz…

So Clinton actually balanced the budget — so don’t blame all equally

You've been pretty on point...until now. Not a boomer issue, a GOP issue. Clinton, Obama and Biden had to clean up republican messes. Your republican slip is showing...

Fuck Ronald Fucking Reagan, then, now, and forever. Overthrow the Epstein Class

As though you and your beloved gen-xers didn’t participate. And if they didn’t, why not?

Reagan it this picture? His budgets really single-handedly sold America on worry-free, perpetual federal debt. (As opposed to responsibly managed sovereign debt.)

What a stupid disingenuous post!!! a) What makes you think Gen X isn't in debt! b) as you well know, running up the debt has been a long time republican strategy to kill social programs by bankrupting the govt. Democrats have controlled spending with Clinton even running surpluses.

I get your point Adam, but this isn't a generational thing. It's Congress and their projects and them trying to do whatever to get money in their state and not think about debt overall. Oh and the billionaires. Got to help them. Please don't be devisive with this generational BS.

Or spread the blame ?😹

Not a Boomer issue as much as the last 5 or 6 were Republican issues where the deficit is concerned.

Gen X should claim Obama. Also: we can repay the debt at any time. A sovereign country with a mint can print as much money as they want whenever they want. It’s just that paying out the debt will likely generate inflation among other probably bad economic effects.

Running up the deficit is uniquely the work of Republicans, President after President!

Except; The only thing they guard; Is their own interests 🤣

Just don't pretend like Gen X has no right wing extremists.

Quick point: the GOP massively increased our debt. Clinton didn't; Obama didn't. Biden did but covid recovery is a reason to increase debt.

Love what you do these days, but this is utter horseshit. Your ‘former’ party exploded the deficit on a regular basis for the last 50 years. Your party created “trickle-down economics“ that helped the process along. You might want to rethink this whole post.

Quick point: Clinton had a balanced budget AND started to pay down the national debt. You 1) paint everyone in a huge age cohort with the same brush; and 2) with no evidence, claim younger age cohorts would do better. Political party is the important variable.

I don’t think that age factors in (within reason) nearly as much as who the person is fundamentally, and whether their goals are aimed at working towards the better good.

Corruption is not confined to a single generation. Ageism sucks.

Not defending boomers but Ronald Reagan tripled the national debt in 8 years. The problem is not a generation, the problem is Republicans. Democrats cut the deficits and Republicans explode them

It’s Republican debt. Not Boomer debt.

It was "time" in 2016, more so in 2020 & essential in 2024. We " boomers" have screwed our children & grandchildren... not even leaving them crumbs from our tables. Our parents were known as the "greatest generation"; we shall be known as the as the greediest.

How many times can I agree with this. What an absolute shit job that generation did. We must be better!

Good point

You pullin' a rabbit out of your ass with that statement knowing you will get chewed out. It all started with the three R's and you committed to it from your votes - we remember Adam.

Wrong.

Bullocks

Quick counterpoint : Way to unite the population by joining in on the "I blame generation not mine" coat tails. Why is ageism acceptable while we rightly decry the use of other "isms" like racism, sexism, etc ....?

Cuz Gen X’ers are in therapy

Im genx, I don't wanna be president but I think I could do a better job no problem , im thinking to apply

Yes!!

MY WORDS

And they largely complain to the rest of us that they are short changed. Their parents were the Greatest Generation, and I’ll just call them baby boomers because any other nickname would be highly offensive.

It's way past time.

GenX, the generation that voted the most for Trump, will be blamed for Trump in 20 years, by their grandchildren. It's the way it goes.

It won't be long until it's your turn to take the blame. Every generation blames the ones that came before.

While it is time to pass the torch, they weren't Baby Boomers when they were President. Also, Bill Clinton reduced the deficit. You can blame a lot of the debt on Reagan, GWB and DJT.

Biden and I are war babies not boomers. The baby boom started when the GIs came home.

They don't know The Misfits from Metallica so sad. Our "alpha male" president plays Village People everywhere he goes that's a reason for impeachment.

You grow the economy out of debt, you don't need to literally pay it back.

Past due

The irony of Boomers castigating other generations for being wasteful by indulging in advacado toast while running the debt up by trillions is why I mock them at every opportunity

Yeah, I think it's well past time for a Gen X or Xennial president.

Always willing to pass the torch. You just have to win to get it. And the younger generation doesn’t know how to win.

Almost no debt was under Bill Clinton. Trace the rest. Has nothing to do with Boomers. Has to do with Republicans and the lie of “trickle down.” And “for God’s sake, don’t tax the rich.”

Yeah, and the torch will probably be passed to Gen Z, skipping my generation (I'm Gen X)

Oh for Pete's sake; what's next, a quick point on similar shoe sizes? I guess it takes you more time to reach a salient understanding of the consistent difference btw the two parties than you apparently have.

And we've had 46 presidents who were white and 47 who were men. If we are going for diversity, let's move away from them as well.

That money was stolen. Make the billionaires pay it. They stole it.

Agreed

The debt isn't something we repay, its a measure of the size of our economy. A scorekeeping. The problem is not the amount of points, the problem is the game being rigged for the few. That is built in with many policies we can blame on the boomers. What does the debt finance? That is the key.

... but not to JD Vance (I think that's what he's calling himself these days)

TBH Gen X is both small and abused on Socials... being blamed along with "Boomers" for everything wrong in the world. So not surprised we will be skipped over to ancients hanging on to power or Millenials.

You sound like my son blaming me for everything.

I am soooo tired of the boomer bashing. There are a disproportionate number of people who are illiterate about voting and they're not boomers. The boomer bashing is an old trope at this point.

Whoa. Clinton worked tirelessly, with the Legislative branch, to end deficits. But the irresponsibility since Greenspan Cheney Dubya has been appalling.

If your parents would be in jail today for the way they let/made you take care of yourself as a kid in the '70s and '80s, you can be President!

Gen X was the smallest voting block in 2024. We can’t even get them to turn out for an election

Being a baby boomer I 100% agree I have been saying this for ome time

Gen X is good! We are good with being left out of this. We don’t need to be president…..too much attention for the forgotten Gen, the latch key Gen. we have a lot going on right now. Thanks for the thought though….. but yeah….. no thanks.

Quick point, Bill Clinton ran a surplus which the Republican George W. spent. After crashing the economy, Obama had to spend to prevent a Depression. Biden had to do the same after Trump. Democrats have to rescue Republican disasters. The conclusion is not to elect Republicans.

Deficits decreased under Clinton (ending in a surplus) and dropped during Obama's tenure, while increasing during the Reagan, Bush, and Trump administrations

of the Boomers my entire life, and I still am occupationally. It's time for them to yield.

Damn, OK, I won't run.

Boomers have turned into the generation of greed and are absolutely convinced no one but them should have anything

Clinton built a $5 trillion surplus that Bush 43 squandered. Obama inherited a $1.4 trillion annual deficit and reduced the annual deficit to $500 billion by 2016. Trump has added $10 trillion to the national debt during his 5 years as president.

Amen!

In 2024, we Gen-Xers voted in the largest proportion for Trump! 🥺 Based on that, I’m not sure we deserve a POTUS.

This is a bad take Adam

I'm a baby boomer (almost 80) and I say, "Damn Straight!"

Elect a woman President

The Reagan presidency marked a huge shift towards a me-first society. Somehow, being a self-serving POS became something to admire. The debt is just another symptom of the me first society.. Give me a fat cat tax cut.. & pass the bill to my neighbors and kids. That's trickle down in a nutshell.

The torch that is destroying America's reputations?

Biden added the *most, with an estimated $8.45 trillion to $8.5 trillion in new debt. Obama added approximately $7.7 trillion to $8.3 trillion over two terms. Trump added $7.8 trillion to $8.2 trillion during his first term. His second term debt should be mind blowing....

Agreed. And I am a boomer. It’s time to balance the budget in favor of the average guy by taxing the rich who made their money off the average guy.

Is it really the president that determines deficit spending? Does not Congress have some responsibility in that area Of course they need to pass a torch also...

LONG past time…

THIS dammit! ☝️

Yes I can believe it They’re hard wired to believe this shit

That's not the commonality, being Republican and obsessed with cutting taxes for the rich is and spending absurd amounts of money on the military

Obama is GEN JONES!!

Well when Clinton was president most GenX folks weren’t old enough to be president. I’m a young baby boomer. I wasn’t old enough to be president then and he balanced the budget. Obama was a young president. Honestly this is a an oversimplification, though I agree we shouldn’t have 70+yo presidents.

Gen X has a pretty shitty voting record. They are not the generation of the future. Y’all need to hand it over to millennials and just shut the hell up for a while. We’re used to fixing all of your messes and getting no credit for it. And we’re the most in tune with how fucked our situation is.

GTFO 🤣🤣🤣 I love that energy! 1000 times yes! We struggle while they rob us blind for decades. We have Congress members DYING while in office, and they want us to slave into our 70s for peanuts. This is stupid and evil.

I agree. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/04/for-...

It's not about age. It's about the people we put in office.

Thank you for stating this. Gen X has been underrepresented in a number of federal offices because the Baby Boomers are refusing to step aside.

Quick point. This has got to be the most IDIOTIC thing that's come out of your mouth. How about thinking about your 'quick points' before typing dumb shit.

To be clear this is on republican boomers.

Literally the worst generation this planet has ever seen

Why dont younger people just take the reins? What are you waiting for?

Obama is a Gen Jones ( born '54 - '65)

Sure - but this is a vast oversimplification. Clinton (a boomer) delivered the only balanced budget in modern history. The problem is Republicans who've pushed through deregulation of the financial industry and tax cuts for themselves and their wealthy pals. Taking in less than we spend = debt.

They'd rather use the torch to burn it all down before they'd be willing to pass it

Maybe the USA has to pay a bit more to the President so that the younger folk who earn very very high salaries can afford to run and still pay their bills, yes? This sounds not popular...but some CEOS have bills that are very high and they could not afford to only take $400,000.00 for 4-8 yrs.

I’m a boomer and my generation can’t die off fast enough for the good at this country.

Tax cuts, Adam. Tax cuts had far and away the greatest effect on getting where we are. First time I've noticed you posting something that just ain't so.

so sorry, y'all get a couple, but you're gonna have to hand it to millennials quickly

You voted for Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, www.nytimes.com/interactive/..., which increased the deficit by an estimated $1.4 trillion over ten years in 2018 and increased the national debt by an estimated additional $4.6 trillion over 10 years.

wont matter if he is another felon

Past time… as long as it’s never again passed to any Republican

I agree. Somebody younger would be delightful. You've also had 45 male presidents, no woman, ever.

We can repay it if we have the rich and corporations pay more in taxes.

Trump owns a lot of that debt and he ain’t no boomer.

Gen X will either have 0 US presidents, or the 1-2 will be amazing presidents due to qualities Gen Xers have.

It’s GOP admins that have driven recessions. Don’t simplify by blaming Boomers who were civil rights, women’s rights, anti war activists. And the best music ever written.

Do mean Obama . We are the jones generation . Biden was a baby boomer

Adam, I am SO disappointed in you. Surely you don't believe this.

But wait. I was told gen z doesn't want to work. How you gonna be president?

Agree! For many more reasons than that!

GOP

1942 is not on the edge. even for you yanks who got home from the war early.

Time to put out the torch they have taken to our government and constitution.

Responsibility for the debt does not rest solely with the president. Congress contributes as well. It's more a party thing than a generational thing. Gen X may do better or maybe not 🤷‍♀️

Some past presidents have been pretty young. Younger might well be better at this point. We should try it again.

Nice. More diversionary tactics, we were running short of those.

I want the torch passed. But Clinton left us a balanced budget. And don’t forget that Republicans (omitting age here) Reagan, the Bush family and Trump added bigly to our deficits. Gen X were huge contributors to 1/6. My point? Ditch the generation bashing crap. That said, I hate the gerontocracy.

It also mandates that large employers (50+ full-time employees) offer affordable, minimum-value coverage, with 2026 affordability defined as employee-only premiums not exceeding 9.96% of household income.

PS and this loophole needs to be fixed - not only do billionaires not contribute as much tax wise but you wonder WHY Medicare that has no cap in income is struggling ..👇👇🤔 www.propublica.org/article/medi...

Neither party has enforced them for decades and why PE now has monopolies in almost every sector and driving prices higher for consumer- especially today thanks to algorithms..