Baby boomers and the blame game

Baby boomers and the blame game: "Baby boomers and the blame game
A 'demographic tidal wave' is about to hit
Sunday, January 08, 2006

but AARP has a hopeful way to address it

N o group of Americans ever had a birthday party as dreary as the one grinding away right now for the baby boomers.

The first wave of this generation began turning 60 last week. It's a watershed moment that has unleashed a torrent of media attention from coast to coast. But instead of being feted with best wishes and good cheer, these 77 million Americans -- born in the postwar baby boom between 1946 and 1964 -- have inspired a flood of gloomy talk of social apocalypse."