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Maybe you're upset because we were fortunate to be born at the right time, worked darn hard in well-paying careers and saved (not all of us, of course) and now we are reaping the rewards.
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Baby boomers did not save. Yes, you can anecdotally point to individual members of that generation who did properly plan for their retirement (my own parents, for example), but the average boomer has saved the least of any generation currently in the workforce. Far too many baby boomers are depending on the "inheritance" strategy for their retirement.
Statistically, members of Gen X are the most self-sufficient in terms of retirement savings, most likely because they've heard for their entire adult lives that the baby boomers are going to bleed government programs dry. Gen Y isn't that far behind Gen X and will likely close the gap even further as they get older.